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The Necklace

1898 Alice Pike Barney Born: Cincinnati, Ohio 1857 Died: Los Angeles, California 1931 oil on canvas 18 3/8 x 16 1/8 in. (46.6 x 41.1 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Laura Dreyfus Barney and Natalie Clifford Barney in memory of their mother, Alice Pike Barney 1951.14.77 Smithsonian American Art Museum
3rd Floor, Luce Foundation Center



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The Necklace
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Alice Pike Barney studied in Paris with portrait painter Emile Auguste Carolus-Duran, who believed that a sitter's outward appearance reflected his or her inner character. The Necklace, which was probably a self-portrait, shows a self-assured woman with a gold necklace. Her direct gaze and the portrait's dramatic lighting lend her an almost haughty air, hinting at Barney's independent and somewhat rebellious character.

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Keywords

Dress - accessory - jewelry

Occupation - art - artist

Portrait female - Barney, Laura Dreyfus

painting

paint - oil

fabric - canvas

About Alice Pike Barney

Born: Cincinnati, Ohio 1857 Died: Los Angeles, California 1931

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