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ID:
none on file
Artist: Agache, Alfred
Nationality: French
Artist Dates: 1843-1915
Title: To Whom the Crown
Artwork Date: 1909
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 39 1/4 in. h. by 31 1/4 in. w.
Hawkins Catalog Entry: Yes, included in 1913 catalog
Hawkins Artist: AGACHE, ALFRED
Hawkins Dates: Living Artist
Hawkins School: French School
Hawkins Title: No. 54. TO WHOM THE CROWN?
Description: A woman seated, half length behind a marble parapet, profile left. She wears a deep red cloak, and in her long black hair a fillet of scarlet poppies. Her left hand on her knee holds a golden crown of leaves. An incense urn is smoking on the left. Grey-green background. Signed " alf. agache. 1909."

The presentment of a woman endowed with power to bestow the crown of glory upon the deserving. She is as it were one of the Fates, deliberating upon her ultimate decision.
Notes: No file
Christies ID: Yes
Catalog Text: AGACHE, ALFRED
Living Artist, French School

A woman seated, half length behind a marble parapet, profile left. She wears a deep red cloak, and in her long black hair a fillet of scarlet poppies. Her left hand on her knee holds a golden crown of leaves. An incense urn is smoking on the left. Grey-green background. Signed " alf. agache. 1909."

The presentment of a woman endowed with power to bestow the crown of glory upon the deserving. She is as it were one of the Fates, deliberating upon her ultimate decision.
Library: Annmary Brown
Room: Rear Gallery
Location: Rear Gallery
Image: ab54.jpg