Donald Starr

Artist Credit Line
Polly (Ethel) Thayer (1904–2006)
Date1935
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions50 1/4 x 35 1/4 in. (127.6 x 89.5 cm)
DescriptionDonald Starr (1901–1992) was an accomplished yachtsman who, when Polly Thayer met him in 1933, was in the process of circumnavigating the globe. Thayer joined him and the two were soon married. Thayer painted this portrait the following year, just as Starr was beginning his career as a lawyer.
Gift of Polly Thayer Starr, 1995
Object NumberUR279