Laura in Green Cape
Medium
Drawing
Classification
Drawing
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Laura Dreyfus Barney and Natalie Clifford Barney in memory of their mother, Alice Pike Barney
Accession Number
1951.14.55
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Laura in Green Cape** (1907) is a tender drawing by Alice Pike Barney, capturing a bust portrait of her daughter Laura Dreyfus Barney draped in a flowing green cape. Created during the early 20th century, intimate work reflects Barney's skill in portraying family with warmth and elegance, at a time when American women artists were breaking into established circles. Barney, a prominent figure in Washington, D.C.'s cultural scene, often drew from personal life, infusing her pieces with emotional depth. As a drawing, the piece highlights the immediacy and expressiveness of the medium—quick lin...