America / 1923
Jeanne Balzac
Jeanne Balzac
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Jeanne Balzac as painting (America · 1923).
WHY IT’S INTERESTING
Among his close circle of friends, artist Eugene Speicher was nicknamed "Spike."
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this painting as oil on canvas and credits Eugene Speicher (American, 1883–1962).
The museum's collection notes: Sitter Jeanne de Balzac (1891–1930) was a French actor who visited the U.S. during the early 1920s, attempting unsuccessfully to break into the American film industry. According to some reports, she was related to novelist Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850), a speculation she neither confirmed nor denied.
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