Marie (West Indian)

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Artist Gari Melchers painted Marie (West Indian) (gouache on paper, 18 1/2" x 11") around 1925, during a trip to the West Indies. The subject of the painting, whom Melchers called "Ma Petite," was one of the painter's favorite models.

Courtesy of Morris Museum of Art

Marie (West Indian)

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