Louise Tiffany, Reading

Louis C. Tiffany

1888 · Pastel on buff colored wove paper · The American Wing

Here Tiffany depicted his second wife, Louise, reading on a chaise in his top-floor studio at the 72nd Street and Madison Avenue house, with clusters of three columns and a grand piano in the background. Tufted upholstery in a deep green with gray-blue and greenish yellow velvet pillows are sumptuously rendered in this delicate pastel, a medium that displays Tiffany's dexterity as an artist.

Artist

Louis C. Tiffany

Date

1888

Medium

Pastel on buff colored wove paper

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Gift of the family of Dorothy Tiffany Burlingham, 2003