Accession #68.11.143

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Portrait of a Senator
  • Artist:Carl Gutherz, American (b. Switzerland), 1844-1907
  • Date Created:1900
  • Owner/Location:Memphis Brooks Museum of Art 1934 Poplar Ave Memphis, TN 38104 901-544-6200
  • Frame Dimensions:Currently unframed
  • Image Dimensions:39 3/4" x 24 1/4"
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:31 May 2008
  • Condition:Poor, presently on an unstretched canvas.
  • Description:Half-length portrait of a man angled to his right. The man's brown hair is parted from the side and he has a beard and mustache. The man is wearing a white shirt with a black vest and black coat. Plain dark background.
  • History:Signed: LR: Carl Gutherz W.D.C. 1900. The artist lived and worked in Memphis ca. 1860-1875. Painted while the artist lived and worked in Washington D.C. from 1896 to 1907.
  • Notes:Provenance: Gift of the artist's son. - Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall F. Goodheart Image courtesy of Memphis Brooks Museum of Art - Reproduction by permission only.