The Miniature

Robert Reid American, 1862-1929
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About the Artwork

The Miniature

ca. 1912

Robert Reid

1862-1929

American

Unknown

Oil on canvas

Unframed: 30 × 26 inches (76.2 × 66 cm) Framed: 44 1/4 × 39 1/4 × 1 1/2 inches (112.4 × 99.7 × 3.8 cm)

Paintings

American Art before 1950

City of Detroit Purchase

13.8

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Signed, lower right: Robert Reid

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Provenance

Robert Reid

1913-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Special Exhibition of Paintings by Robert Reid. Exh. cat., Detroit Museum of Art. Detroit, 1913, no, 5.

Burroughs, Clyde H. “Additions to the Collections. ‘The Miniature,’ by Robert Reid.” Bulletin of the DMA 7, 2 (April 1913): p. 21.

________________. “Contemporary American Art. Robert Reid.” Bulletin of the DMA 7,3 (July 1913): p. 54.

Bryant, Lorinda Munson. What Pictures to See in America. New York, 1915, pp. 237-238 (fig. 151).

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Robert Reid, The Miniature, ca. 1912, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 13.8.

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