{"product_id":"helena-de-kay-gilder","title":"Helena de Kay Gilder","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist: \u003c\/strong\u003eCecilia Beaux (American, 1855–1942)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal Dimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e31\" x 21\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLocation:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Artwork: \u003c\/strong\u003e(1911) \"\u003cspan\u003eThis tender and introspective late work by Cecilia Beaux—the most celebrated turn-of-the-20th-century woman painter of figures and portraits working in the U.S.—has dual importance due to both the painter and sitter. The intimate portrait depicts Beaux’s close friend, mentor, artist, and New York cultural tastemaker Helena de Kay Gilder (1848-1916), in mourning for her recently deceased husband, the progressive cultural leader, editor, and poet, Richard Watson Gilder. Beaux painted de Kay Gilder wearing a shoulder-length widow’s veil and holding a shoot of geranium ivy, a symbol of bridal favor and fidelity in the Victorian language of flowers. Beaux inscribed the painting to Rosamond Gilder, the couple's youngest daughter, who at the time was in the process of publishing her father's letters. Full of feeling, the work reveals the artist’s growing sensitivity to more experimental compositions—as suggested by the abstract backdrop for the figure and the delicate play of dark tones and diffused light emanating from the window at right.\" - (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search\/821931\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York - Helena de Kay Gilder\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cecilia Beaux","offers":[{"title":"No Size Selected (Select a Size)","offer_id":49887195201779,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Replica Size (31\" x 21\")","offer_id":49887195234547,"sku":null,"price":1172.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Signature Size (21 3\/4\" x 14 3\/4\")","offer_id":49887195267315,"sku":null,"price":695.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Classic Size (26 5\/8\" x 18\")","offer_id":49887195300083,"sku":null,"price":895.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Gallery Size (32 5\/8\" x 22 1\/8\")","offer_id":49887195332851,"sku":null,"price":1295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Statement Size (42 1\/8\" x 28 1\/2\")","offer_id":49887195365619,"sku":null,"price":1995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Grand Size (50 1\/2\" x 34 1\/4\")","offer_id":49887195398387,"sku":null,"price":2795.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Estate Size (59 1\/2\" x 40 1\/4\")","offer_id":49887195431155,"sku":null,"price":3695.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Museum Size (71 3\/8\" x 48 3\/8\")","offer_id":49887195463923,"sku":null,"price":4995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0827\/5738\/6483\/files\/HelenadeKayGilder.jpg?v=1789091494","url":"https:\/\/commissionedpaintings.com\/products\/helena-de-kay-gilder","provider":"Commissioned Paintings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}