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Albertine Whelan
Music Playing Cupids

1908

$7,900
£5,970
€6,989.03
CA$11,032.15
A$12,412.18
CHF 6,576.46
MX$153,274.76
NOK 80,620.39
SEK 77,465.08
DKK 52,134.01
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About the Item

Date: 1908 Medium: Gouache on Three Illustration Boards Dimensions: 2.50" x 32.50"; Two at 12.50" x 9.75", Overall 12" x 53" Signature: Each Signed or Monogrammed Large group of cupids playing and reading music Illustration in three parts, 1908, Framed all together On verso or margin of each: “Copyright A. R. Beggs & Co NY ” A great deal of Wheelan's work was destroyed in the San Francisco earthquake, and again in a fire in her New York Studio in the 1930s. Wheelan was closely involved for years with set and costume design for the Belasco Theatre in New York.
  • Creator:
    Albertine Whelan (1863 - 1954)
  • Creation Year:
    1908
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 2.5 in (6.35 cm)Width: 32.5 in (82.55 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Fort Washington, PA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 9461stDibs: LU38432071933

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