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The Shoe Shop  1911

by Elizabeth Sparhawk-Jones

In 1911 the department store was a relatively new and important urban institution, and [i]The Shoe Shop[/i] depicts the activities of female employees and their customers. Elizabeth Sparhawk-Jones rendered this modern subject in a rapid, painterly style, paying particular attention to effects of light and atmosphere. Her early work often represented women in the modern cit...
Size: 
99.1 × 79.4 cm (39 × 33 1/4 in.)
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago