TINO COSTA (RUSSIAN / AMERICAN, 1891/2-1947) PORTRAIT
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TINO COSTA (RUSSIAN / AMERICAN, 1891/2-1947) PORTRAIT OF HELEN COOLIDGE WOODRING (MRS. HARRY HINES WOODRING), oil on canvas, three-quarter depiction of Mrs. Woodring standing wearing a white dress and coral jewelry, holding a small album bearing her name, signed "Tino Costa / 1940" lower left. Original gesso and wood frame. Circa 1940. 44 1/4" x 32 1/4" sight, 53" x 41" OA.
Excellent condition, some minor loss to gesso.
Provenance: Descended in the family of Harry Hines Woodring, Topeka, KS.
Catalogue Note: Helen Coolidge was the daughter of United States Senator Marcus A. Coolidge. She was the wife of Harry Hines Woodring (1887-1967) who served as Governor of Kansas from 1931 to 1933 at which point he was appointed Assistant Secretary of War under Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1936 he was promoted to Secretary of War by Roosevelt, serving until 1940.
Tino Costa was a noted portraitist painting subjects as diverse as King Christian of Denmark and child star Shirley Temple. His portrait of Secretary Hines hangs in the Pentagon. Costa also painted Herbert C. Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, General Douglas MacArthur, Douglas Fairbanks, and Jean Harlow.
Excellent condition, some minor loss to gesso.
Provenance: Descended in the family of Harry Hines Woodring, Topeka, KS.
Catalogue Note: Helen Coolidge was the daughter of United States Senator Marcus A. Coolidge. She was the wife of Harry Hines Woodring (1887-1967) who served as Governor of Kansas from 1931 to 1933 at which point he was appointed Assistant Secretary of War under Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1936 he was promoted to Secretary of War by Roosevelt, serving until 1940.
Tino Costa was a noted portraitist painting subjects as diverse as King Christian of Denmark and child star Shirley Temple. His portrait of Secretary Hines hangs in the Pentagon. Costa also painted Herbert C. Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, General Douglas MacArthur, Douglas Fairbanks, and Jean Harlow.
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Excellent condition, some minor loss to gesso.
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TINO COSTA (RUSSIAN / AMERICAN, 1891/2-1947) PORTRAIT
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