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Tallulah Bankhead

Painting
1962 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Sheil, Peter (artist)
Place of origin
United States (painted)

Oil portrait of Tallulah Bankhead, half length, three-quarter view, facing the viewer's left, her eyes turned towards the viewer. Cream/beige background. She wears a red blouse or dress and sits on a Louis XV style chair with orange upholstery. Signed and dated.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Access_to_Images 2003
Entertainment & Leisure
SCRAN
Film and Cinema
Theatre
Object type
Painting
TitleTallulah Bankhead
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Oil Colour
Canvas
Oil Painting
Brief description
Painting entitled "Portrait of Tallulah Bankhead" by Peter Sheil, 1962
Physical description
Oil portrait of Tallulah Bankhead, half length, three-quarter view, facing the viewer's left, her eyes turned towards the viewer. Cream/beige background. She wears a red blouse or dress and sits on a Louis XV style chair with orange upholstery. Signed and dated.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 86.5cm
  • Width: 69cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Murry MacDonald
Bibliographic reference
Ashton, Geoffrey. Catalogue of Paintings at the Theatre Museum, London. ed. James Fowler, London : Victoria and Albert Museum, 1992. 224p. ill. ISBN 1851771026
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.457-1981

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Record createdNovember 13, 2003
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O85645/tallulah-bankhead-painting-sheil-peter/
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