Abbott H. Thayer memorial exhibition : The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., from Tuesday, May 9th, to Wednesday, May 31st, 1922, inclusive
This is a 1922 exhibition catalogue from the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., issued as a memorial to the American painter Abbott Handerson Thayer, who died in 1921. The pictures are halftone reproductions of his portraits of young women, mostly seated or standing against dark, softly brushed backgrounds. A designer could take from them the restrained tonal palette of black, grey and white, with light falling on pale dresses and faces against shadow.
