Beatrix (Beatrice) Sherman, American, 1894-1975, Eight full length silhouettes of Socialites, includes Mrs. Natalie Folsom (Wife of Mr. Louis Marshall Hemingway), Mrs. Wilkinson, Ms. Morris, Georgia A. Coleman, Katherine Lloyd Livingston Mellen (Wife of Charels S. Mellen president of NY, New Haven and Hartford Railroad), Elizabeth Chapin (Wife of stockbroker),Mrs. Charles S. Hamlin( Wife of Charles S. Hamlin First Chairman of Federal Reserve), Unknown(illegible), autographed, most artists stamped verso with personal notations by artist. Biography: Beatrix Sherman styled herself after 19th C. French silhouette artist Auguste Edouart. Sherman, like Edouart, kept books with an extra copy of each sitter's silhouette enabling her to create an extensive personal archive that included both the silhouettes and the sitter's (sic.) autographs. Sherman traveled extensively, established a permanent studio in Manhattan throughout the 1950’s. She attended art classes at The Art Students League, eventually becoming a lifetime member. From an early age, she had begun copyrighting silhouettes of several of the famous people she cut. Sherman’s subjects include all the U.S. Presidents, as well as other politicians, military leaders, writers, royalty, prominent businessmen and women, socialites, athletes, artists, theatre, film actors, producers and directors.

Mat board 12 x 6 to 16 x 6 1/2
Property of a New Orleans collector, Silhouettes acquired from the Family of Beatrix Sherman

Creases to corners, paper toning, spots, silhouette with areas of sheen, likely from adhesive