BENTONVILLE, ARK.- The beauty of glorious
attire
and what it communicates to others is celebrated in two works of art
announced
by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Mrs. Theodore Atkinson, Jr.
(1765),
an oil portrait by John Singleton Copley, considered one of the most
influential
painters in colonial America, augments an exceptional collection of
portraits by
Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Eakins and John Singer Sargent. Dress Impression
with
Wrinkled Cowl (2007) by Karen LaMonte, a leading figure among American
artists
using glass in large-scale sculptures, builds on the collection’s
emerging
strength in contemporary art.