{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"8482"},"copyright":{"label":"Copyright","value":"The American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain."},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Bequest of W. Bliss Carnochan, The Carnochan Revocable Trust"},"endDate":{"label":"End Date","value":"1815"},"sortNumber":{"label":"Sort Number","value":"2022    10    1"},"invno":{"label":"Accession number","value":"2022.10.1"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"portrait of a young woman seated in paint-decorated chair at a table. holding a book and wearing a blue dress"},"edition":{"label":"Photo Credit","value":"American Folk Art Museum"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Oil on canvas"},"geographyPlaceregion":{"label":"Place/Region","value":""},"media":{"label":"Media","value":{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/26072/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"26072"}},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Catherine Van Slyck Dorr"},"geographyCity":{"value":""},"textEntriesWebsitedisplaytext":{"value":["Object information is a work in progress andmay be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and theAmerican Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.　To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org","Like the recently acquired portrait of Frederick A. Gale and portrait of Rhoda Goodrich Bentley, this stunningly beautiful and affecting depiction of a young girl dates to Ammi Phillips\u2019 celebrated \u201cBorder Limner\u201d period. The picture bears all the hallmarks of the artist\u2019s early work, including the luminous, soft palette, and the tender but intense rendering of the girl\u2019s features. The carefully composed scene communicates a desire to convey a certain refinement and material success which was increasingly becoming accessible to a burgeoning rural middle class during this historical moment. In particular, the elegant paint-decorated chair and the prominently displayed book are reflective of the Dorr family\u2019s status as fashionable and educated members of their rural community. In addition to its exceptional aesthetic qualities, as the portrait of a girl on the cusp of adolescence, this work speaks powerfully of the experience of young womanhood during the Early Republic, serving as a powerful complement to our existing holdings from this period of Phillips\u2019 career including a young boy (Gale) and a woman with her daughter (the Bentleys). "]},"collections":{"label":"Collections","value":"Paintings"},"geography":{"label":"Geography","value":""},"pubreferences":{"label":"Published References","value":"David Allaway, My People: The Works of Ammi Phillips (online, 2019), no. 153. Stacy Hollander, Revisiting Ammi Phillips (AFAM, 1994), p. 64"},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"157521"},"geographyState":{"value":""},"geographyCountry":{"value":"United States"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker","value":{"displayOrder":"1","personRole":"Artist","personID":"125","content":"Ammi Phillips"}},"classifications":{"label":"Classification(s)","value":"Paintings"},"textEntries":{"label":"Text Entries","value":["Object information is a work in progress andmay be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and theAmerican Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.　To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org","Like the recently acquired portrait of Frederick A. Gale and portrait of Rhoda Goodrich Bentley, this stunningly beautiful and affecting depiction of a young girl dates to Ammi Phillips\u2019 celebrated \u201cBorder Limner\u201d period. The picture bears all the hallmarks of the artist\u2019s early work, including the luminous, soft palette, and the tender but intense rendering of the girl\u2019s features. The carefully composed scene communicates a desire to convey a certain refinement and material success which was increasingly becoming accessible to a burgeoning rural middle class during this historical moment. In particular, the elegant paint-decorated chair and the prominently displayed book are reflective of the Dorr family\u2019s status as fashionable and educated members of their rural community. In addition to its exceptional aesthetic qualities, as the portrait of a girl on the cusp of adolescence, this work speaks powerfully of the experience of young womanhood during the Early Republic, serving as a powerful complement to our existing holdings from this period of Phillips\u2019 career including a young boy (Gale) and a woman with her daughter (the Bentleys). "]},"beginDate":{"label":"Begin Date","value":"1814"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"1814\u20131815"},"curatorialRemarks":{"label":"Curatorial Remarks","value":""},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"28 1/4 x 23 1/4\""}}]}