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Young Woman Holding Roses
by James Arthur
About the Artwork
James Arthur created this photograph as art, a radical concept for a photograph at the time. He indicates that elevated status by signing and dating it like a painting. The young woman cradling the roses—which still have their thorns—calls upon traditional art historical and literary allegories of the transitory nature of beauty and youth.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- James Arthur (American, born Canada, 1855–1912)
- Date
- 1897
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print mounted to glass
- Type
- Photograph
- Classification
- Photograph
- Department
- Photography
- Credit line
- Hershey Family Art Purchase Fund
- Accession no.
- 2022.15
Provenance
Estate of Robert and Joyce Feinman, Akron, OH (Bluebird Liquidators, Fairlawn, OH), sold to Barbara Tannenbaum as agent for The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH March 7, 2022-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00012758
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