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Lola (Mrs. Triana), Spanish Dancer

Artist Nicolai Fechin (Russian (active in the United States), 1881 - 1955)

Mediumoil on canvas

Dimensions30 1/8 x 20 1/8 inches (76.5 x 51.1 cm)
Frame: 37 × 27 × 3 3/4 inches (94 × 68.6 × 9.5 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number31.28.37

ClassificationsPaintings

Label TextFechin painted a vibrant portrait of American-born dancer Lola Montes, who toured this country performing neoclassical Spanish dances. She and her first husband and dance partner, Antonio Triana, settled in California.

Provenance(C. Bland Jamison, Santa Fe, New Mexico) [1]; Purchased May 22, 1959 by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art | 1. C. Bland Jamison purchased 13 paintings by Fechin from an unknown owner according to a letter to H.J. Lutcher Stark dated July 31, 1958 (see file 13-99), this was one of the paintings on the list.

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