Portrait of I.M. Pei
1996
Painter, American, born 1932


East Building Ground Level, Study Center
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 81.28 × 144.78 cm (32 × 57 in.)
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Accession
2020.21.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Commissioned 1996 by Ian M. [1940-2018] and Annette P. Cumming, Jackson, Wyoming; gift 2020 to NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1998
Loan to display in the Library, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998-1999.
2001
Richard Estes: Recent Paintings, Marlborough, New York, 2001.
2007
Richard Estes: La sensualità del reale, Palazzo Magnani, Reggio Emilia; Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, 2007.
2014
Richard Estes' Realism, Portland (Maine) Museum of Art; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, 2014-2015.
Bibliography
n.d.
Wilmerding, John. Richard Estes. New York, 2006: 216, 219, repro. 218.
2021
Francisco, Emily Ann. "Richard Estes, Portrait of I.M. Pei." Art for the Nation no. 63 (Spring/Summer 2021): 22-23, fig. 21.
Inscriptions
upper center right, on poster visible through glass barrier: ESTES
Wikidata ID
Q108687012