Title: | TAC_49_Three Filipino Ladies |
Circa: | 1930 |
Size: | 36.5" x 61.75" |
Medium: | Oil on canvas |
The Madge Tennent works form an intact permanent collection and are not for sale. The Tennent Art Foundation made Hawaii Preparatory Academy the custodian of the artist's work to conserve, preserve, and utilize for education in perpetuity. |
Web description (withdrawn March 2021):
Using “curves and distortions” of complementary colors, Tennent interweaves three sinuous forms with their surroundings and one another. Their recumbent poses and dreamy expressions reiterate a sense of leisure that permeates the entire image.
Quote from Madge Tennent's book, "Autobiography of An Unarrived Artist", 1949; ..."in my opinion, my best oil in the technique of its time..."
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