Left: John Singer Sargent, ‘Mrs. Augustus Hemenway,’ 1890 oil on canvas. Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Baker. Right: Minnie Evans, ‘Untitled,’ 1948 ink and crayon on paper. Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Baker, (c) Estate of Minnie Evans
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The Reynolda House Museum of American Art has announced that Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Baker of Winston-Salem have offered the museum a portrait of Mrs. Augustus Hemenway by John Singer Sargent and an untitled drawing by the self-taught African American artist from North Carolina, Minnie Evans.
