Chester Beach

c. 1910

Gertrude Käsebier

Associated Names
Gertrude Käsebier

Artist, American, 1852 - 1934

The image shows a man sitting and facing slightly to the side. His left arm is bent at the elbow, and he is holding a knife in his hand. He has a thoughtful expression, a mustache, and short, slightly curly hair. He is wearing a light-colored long-sleeve shirt with rolled-up sleeves. The background is an out-of-focus, textured surface.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum print

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 20.3 × 15.6 cm (8 × 6 1/8 in.)
    mount: 28 × 21 cm (11 × 8 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.8.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul M. Hertzmann, Inc., San Francisco), 1988; NGA purchase, 2020.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1998

  • The Face of Art: Portraits of American Artists 1850–1950, from the Collection of Susan Herzig & Paul Hertzmann: The Friends of Photography Ansel Adams Center, San Francisco, July 21–October 18, 1998

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right below image in graphite: Gertrude Käsebier; possibly by Chester Beach, lower left below image in black ink: To the Macdougal Club / from Chester Beach; on verso, by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: 2067.01

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