H. Wood Sullivan - "The Shaver"

probably 1890/1900

Jefferson David Chalfant

Associated Names
Jefferson David Chalfant

Artist, American, 1856 - 1931

An elderly man is seated on a wooden chair, facing to the left. He has short, wispy hair and is holding a razor. He wears a shirt with rolled-up sleeves and suspenders. There is a table in front of him with a booklet, a mug, and a box. The room has wooden paneling on the walls, a large door, and a small framed picture on the wall.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on aged brown sulphured wove paper; verso blackened for transfer

  • Credit Line

    John Davis Hatch Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 25.72 × 20.64 cm (10 1/8 × 8 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 30.4 × 25.4 cm (11 15/16 × 10 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1979.20.14

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Davis Hatch [1907-1996], by 1976; gift 1979 to the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1976

  • Hatch, John Davis. 100 American Drawings: Loan Exhibition from the Collection of John Davis Hatch. London: Heim Gallery, 1976, no. 79.

Inscriptions

across top in graphite: H. Wood Sullivan "The Shaver" JD Chalfant; across bottom in graphite by unknown hand: Point Of St.20[n?] down from Hor.him; lower right in graphite by unknown hand: 12465H&A / B

Wikidata ID

Q64581618