Marguerite Thompson Zorach
(American, 1887-1968)
Baby Girl (The Awakening), c. 1918
oil on canvas laid to board
signed M. Zorach (lower right)
18 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches.

Provenance:
Estate of the Artist
Kraushaar Galleries, New York, acquired from the above
Private Collection
Sold: Doyle, New York, November 15, 2017, Lot 72
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Literature:
Nancy Mowll Mathews, American Dreams: American Art to 1950 in the Williams College Museum of Art, New York, 2001, p. 130

Lot note:
The present lot depicts the artist's second child, one year old Dahlov, who was born in 1917. Her mother has depicted her here not as an innocent baby, but as a powerful presence, monumental and straining against the confines of the canvas. The artwork bears an original frame designed and carved by Dahlov's father, William Zorach. Together, the painting and the frame is a testament to the artist couple's combined creativity and a commemoration of love for their new daughter.