Item #213139 Oil Painting: Still-Life of Rose in Vase. Clare Boothe Luce.

Oil by Clare Boothe Luce

Oil Painting: Still-Life of Rose in Vase.

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Price: $1,000.00


About the item

Signed CBL lower left. 1 vols. Image 13 x 7 1/2 inches (image). Oil by Clare Boothe Luce. Fine. Framed. Provenance: Estate of Shirley Clurman.

Item #213139

Clare Boothe Luce (1903-1987), one of the most celebrated women of her time, had an early career in fashion magazine editing, then went on to write several successful plays, notably The Women (1936) and Kiss the Boys Goodbye (1938). She married Time co-founder Henry R. Luce, became active in GOP politics and served as a congresswoman from Connecticut 1943-47. In 1953 she was appointed Ambassador to Italy, the first American woman to hold such a high ranking post; she served till 1957.