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Ellen McClung Berry painting by Eleanor Wiley, TN

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Eleanor McAdoo Wiley (Knoxville, Tennessee, 1876-1977) framed oil on board portrait painting of Ellen McClung Berry. Retains note from sitter stating, "Original sketch of me for big portrait of Hugh and myself painted about 1938 by Eleanor McAdoo Wiley of Knoxville - Ellen McClung Berry. P.S. My dress is a copy of the one worn by Paulette Goddard in the movie "Reap the Wild Wind". Contemporary gilt frame. Excellent condition. Sight 17 1/2" height x 14 3/4" width. Framed 18 1/4" height x 21" width. 20th century. Note - this portrait painting is a study for a larger painting executed by Eleanor Wiley which is illustrated in the "Art & Furniture of East Tennessee", Namuni Hale Young, p. 106, figure 60 (also illustrated in color on back cover of book).

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