“With the outbreak of World War I, Miller returned to the United States, staying for a short time in California, before finally settling in Provincetown, Massachusetts in 1917. There he continued his practice of setting his models in studio-designed sunrooms. Seating his models in front of the windows and doors of his studio, opening to his garden, Miller then added assorted furnishings kept in his studio, such as textiles, apparel, a few key pieces of furniture and various knick-knacks, to suggest a sunroom setting. Some of these props are visible in the photograph of Miller in his studio: the wooden chaise, shutters, a parasol, and writing desk. The white railing seen behind the French doors in the painting appears in exterior photos of Miller’s Provincetown house.”

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