Portrait study of Ethel O'Neill McKenzie
Date
Date unknownMedium
Black, yellow and white pastel on light gray paperCredit Line
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015Dimensions
16 x 12 in.Description & Inscriptions
[bottom left in graphite]: Ethel McKenzie; [verso in graphite]: Ethel / McKenzie (Tait M's / wife --Poetess)
Trained as a pianist, McKenzie gave up music after her marriage to Philadelphia physician and sculptor Robert Tait McKenzie. She took up poetry and also published one volume of verse, Secret Snow, for which Oakley provided the cover wrapper illustration.
Trained as a pianist, McKenzie gave up music after her marriage to Philadelphia physician and sculptor Robert Tait McKenzie. She took up poetry and also published one volume of verse, Secret Snow, for which Oakley provided the cover wrapper illustration.
