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Violet Oakley
(American, 1874 - 1961)
Sitter
Helen Daniel Taylor
Mrs. Norman Taylor and Books
ca. 1950
23 3/8 × 17 1/8 in. (59.4 × 43.5 cm)
78.7.3
Gift of Edith Emerson, 1978
Not on view
The elegant Helen Daniel Taylor is the subject of two portrait sketches by Violet Oakley. In both, the artist uses toned paper and light-colored pastels, which dramatically highlight the figure. Not an artist herself, per se, Taylor made a career in the art world as a color consultant and was a co-author of the 1950 Descriptive Color Names Dictionary, an industry standard in the commercial use of color.