The doll, dressed in a red and blue kimono-style garment, is seated against an open box in the centre of a table top. Still-lifes situated in simple interiors such as this are central to the artist's later oeuvre. This painting is one of two known versions of the composition.
Provenance
The artist; Julia Quinn Anderson; Mary Anderson (Mrs Thomas F Conroy), 1934; private collection, USA, 1970; Anthony d'Offay Gallery.