On View
Not on viewObject number1965/6.17
Girl Buttoning Sweater
Artist
Moses Soyer
(American, 1899-1974)
Date1949
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensionsframe: 43 3/4 × 33 3/4 × 2 in. (111.1 × 85.7 × 5.1 cm)
canvas: 34 × 24 in. (86.4 × 61 cm)
canvas: 34 × 24 in. (86.4 × 61 cm)
Credit LineGift of The Upjohn Company
Exhibition HistoryOn loan to the Grand Rapids Art Museum (Apr. 29, 1997 - Aug. 6, 1998).
"Your Doctor Speaks: The Pharmacia Corporate Collection," KIA Galleries 3&4 (Nov. 29, 2000 - Feb. 25, 2001).
Label TextMoses Soyer, along with his twin brother, Raphael, were Jews exiled from imperial Russia to the United States where they grew to become well-known realist painters. This quiet portrait of a young girl is a beautiful example of the qualities of "love, tenderness, and intimacy" which Soyer cherished in his paintings.
