Provenance: The estate of the artist. 3000-5000
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| 644. Eda Sterchi (American, b.1885), “Portrait of an Officer”, c.1911; oil/canvas, 24" x 20", signed, nicely framed. Sterchi was born in Olney, a small town in south central Illinois. She left for Chicago in 1908 to attend the Art Institute. Soon afterward, she traveled to Paris to study. She met with early success, exhibiting in 1913 at the American Artists Club and the International Artists Union (both in Paris). She also exhibited at the Salon d’ Automne, American Womens Club and the Societe Nationale des Beaux Arts (all in Paris). In the United States, she exhibited annually at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1915-1920, and had a one man show there in 1929. She also exhibited at the Chicago Artist Guild, Corcoran Gallery (1928), Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and at the Arden Studios in New York. Sterchi spent several years in Tunis, and exhibited there as well. Her work was so well received, Mohamed Habib Pacha-Bey awarded her the “Order du Nichan If Tikar”, a recognition for her excellence in painting—an honor rarely given to a woman. Provenance: The estate of the artist. 3000-5000 |
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