An oil portrait of Sylvia Beach (publisher) from 1921, by Paul-Emile Bécat. She folds her right arm across the back of the chair she sits in. Her hair is dark, wavy, and short, and she wears a dark suit jacket, a white dress shirt and a tartan bowtie at her neck.

“Sylvia Beach”

1921

  • Artist

    Paul-Emile Bécat
    French, 1885 – 1960

  • Medium

    Oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    22 × 25 inches

  • Credit Line

    Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

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