Portrait #148

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Unknown male (from Mays, Kirkman attic)
  • Artist:Cooper, Washington B. (attrib.)
  • Date Created:unknown
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:35 x 31.5
  • Image Dimensions:29 x 24
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:7/7/2003
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Waist-length three-quarters right of a young man in a black suit and tie with a white shirt. His white collar appears above his tie. His brown hair, straight on top, is combed over from his left to right. It is wavy above his ears. He has a broad forehead. The background is dark overall, but a light and shadow area is by his right shoulder.
  • History: Work was "found in Kirkman Mays attic." It was restored by a museum professional in NYC in the early 1980s.