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Girl Arranging Her Hair
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About this work
Alma Wollerman Thayer was the wife of Abbott Thayer's son, Gerald, and mother of Thayer's grandchildren. She was one of his favorite models, and he spoke of his obsession with her sensual features. He created multiple versions of this composition, but claimed that he had never painted anything to compare with this Botticelli-like Alma head (Prelinger, American Impressionism: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2000).
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineGirl Arranging Her Hair. 1918-1919. Abbott Handerson Thayer, born Boston, MA 1849-died Dublin, NH 1921. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly. CC0.
