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| Keywords: HelenCarte1885.jpg Oil painting of en Helen Carte According to the http //www christies com/LotFinder/lot_details aspx intObjectID 3927891 Christie's website a 1992 exhibition catalogue described the painting as A portrait study of Miss Helen Couper-Black general manager of the en D'Oyly Carte Opera Company collapsed on a sofa in exhaustion after a rehearsal The Christie's website says It is tempting to believe the rehearsal pinpointed in Sickert's title was of Whistler's Ten O'Clock Lecture several presentations of which Miss Couper-Black staged in 1885 This painting is an early example of Sickert's arbitrary use of titles Its original title reminiscent of a ballet scene by Degas was especially misleading The painting is now known as The Acting Manager the title of an earlier etched portrait dated 1884 and shown at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition of 1885 of Miss Couper-Black Only the sitter and the lamplit effects of the interior are common to both etching and painting Much more information about the painting is available http //www christies com/LotFinder/lot_details aspx intObjectID 3927891 here ca 1885 1886 Original uploaded on en wikipedia - Original uploaded by Ssilvers Transfered by amadalvarez Creator Walter Sickert oil cm object history exhibition history credit line accession number PD-old-auto-1923 1942 Carte Helena Original upload log page en wikipedia HelenCarte1885 JPG Upload date User Bytes Dimensions Comment 2009-11-03 15 46 50 Ssilvers 102025 512×622 <small><nowiki>Source Scanned from Sickert by Lillian Browse and Reginald Howard Wilenski Faber and Faber London 1943 Date 1885 - 1886 Painter Walter Richard Sickert A R A 1860-1942 Title The Acting Manager or Rehearsal The End of the Act </nowiki></small> Walter Sickert Fatigue in art | ||||
