Elsie
Primary
George Benjamin Luks
(Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 1867–New York, New York, 1933)
NationalityAmerican, North America
Date1930
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsSight: 40 1/4 × 30 1/4 in. (102.3 × 76.9 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Mari and James A. Michener, 1991.259
Keywords
Rights Statement
Collection AreaModern and Contemporary Art
Object number1991.259
On View
Not on viewIn George Luks’ portrait of Elsie Dore, the sitter’s eyes meet the viewer’s with an unsettling intensity. The plunging neckline of Dore’s dress appears to sever her into upper and lower halves. The nakedness of her chest and neck, her rigid arms and torso, the aggressive stare from beneath a hard brow—all combine to create a portrait of a woman whose mood seems to possess her entire body.
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