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JANE PETERSON
Street Corner
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Gouache, pastel and charcoal on tan wove paper. 600x450 mm; 23
1
/
2
x17
3
/
4
inches. Signed in
black ink, lower right recto.
Peterson (1876-1965) was born in Elgin, Illinois, into relative poverty. She showed artistic
promise from a young age and, without any formal training, was accepted into the Pratt
Institute, New York, at age 18. She graduated from Pratt in 1901, and continuted her
education by enrolling at the Art Students League, NewYork, while simultaneously holding
several art education positions. Her artistic training continued in Europe, at the London
School of Art, and in Paris, where she studied under a number of artists, including Jacques-
Émile Blanche and Charles Cottet.More influential to her artwork than any formal training
however was the time Peterson was able to spend in Gertrude Stein’s Paris salon, situated
around the corner from her Montparnasse apartment, where she was exposed to the most
avant-garde work of the time.
[15,000/20,000]
