Commissioned 1919 by the sitter's second husband, Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York;[1] gift 1944 to NGA. [1] The artist's Record Book (jointly owned by The Ohio State University Libraries' Rare Books and Manuscripts Library and the Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio) documents that the painting was commissioned by Chester Dale, but the Dale collection records (Chester Dale Paper, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington) indicate the sitter commissioned her own portrait (copies of both in NGA curatorial files).