Sheldon Peck, Portrait of Blue-Eyed Gentleman Wearing Yellow Vest

The reverse inscribed in pencil "Port Henry, New York"

The reverse inscribed "Port Henry, New York" retains five exhibition labels.

Exhibition List: The Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. Collection of 18th, 19th, and 20th Century American Folk Art, 1974
-The Heritage Plantation Museum, Sandwich, Massachusetts, 1974
-Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York
-The Whitney Museum of Art, New York, NY
-Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1975-1976
-Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York, 1975
-Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan, 1976
-Illinois State Museum, Sheldon Peck, Springfield, Illinois, 1976

Date: Circa 1830

Measurement: Frame: 29.25" by 30.75"; View: 22" by 23.5"

Material: Oil on wood panel, period frame retains original painted surface

Condition: Excellent condition. Stabilization to tight crack; trivial retouch. Blacklight images available.

Provenance: Herbet Waide Hemphill, Jr., New York
Barry Cohen, New York
Steve Miller, New York, 1997
The Horton Foote Collection
The Collection of Luis Arroyo

Literature: Listed in the exhibition catalog Sheldon Peck by Marianne E. Balazs, no. 12.

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