Portrait of Miss Evans
Portrait of Miss Evans
Portrait of Miss Evans

Portrait of Miss Evans

Object number94.52.44
Artist
Date1929
MediumOil on canvas; Wood; Gesso
Credit LineGift of Laura E. Ford
DescriptionFramed oil painting. Portrait of a woman seated on a bench. She is wearing an evening dress of white satin that is lined in pink. Her right hand rests on a carved pedestal table on which is placed a large vase of roses.Dimensions77.2498 x 56.9999 in. (196.2 x 144.8 cm)
SignedBottom left in blue: "HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY 1929"
Label TextEvans is pictured in the dress she wore to make her debut in Pittsburgh society. The daughter of a wealthy East End industrialist, Howard Evans, Evelyn never married. She lived in the Squirrel Hill home that had been her parents and grandparents and pursued her interests in gardening and civic and volunteer work. During and after World War II she served in the Red Cross. Her sister Laura married into the Ford glass family
Related person (born 1904)
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