Pastel on paper with canvas backing, signed at lower right, presented under glass in an ornate period gilt composition frame.

DOA 55 x 46 in.

An exhibition of portraits by Tartoué was mounted at M. Knoedler in 1912 at Knoedler Galleries in New York. A noted celebrity and social portrait painter, Tartoué painted Marjorie Merriweather Post and King Gustav V of Sweden. In the 1930s through the 1950s, Tartoué traveled to Oklahoma to paint and photograph American Indians.

Tear to sheet at upper right; minor transfer of pastel to glass; some minor rubbing and chipping to frame.