Hunter Museum of American Art

Analysis

Recent research into William Glackens' "models" notebooks reveals that Miss Olga D was probably Olga Dazell. This painting was one of the first of many images of professional models by the artist. Ira Glackens, the artist's son, recalled, rather cynically, that "Father was always prone to hire models who needed a job, and that is why so many of his canvases were of exceedingly plain females, though paintable."