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Portrait of a Woman (Miss Gertrude Bloede)
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Gertrude Bloede was the sister of Abbott Thayer’s first wife, Kate. The Bloedes were German immigrants who lived in Brooklyn and regularly entertained a circle of intellectuals. Both daughters were highly creative and independent: Kate was an artist, and Gertrude was a noted writer who published her romantic poetry under the pseudonym Stuart Sterne. In this portrait sketch, Thayer gave his sister-in-law a faraway look, as though she were lost in thought, perhaps composing a poem.
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Credit linePortrait of a Woman (Miss Gertrude Bloede). ca. 1881. Abbott Handerson Thayer, born Boston, MA 1849-died Dublin, NH 1921. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly. CC0.
