Portrait of Wyndham Lewis

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Portrait of Wyndham Lewis
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Artist/Maker (British)
Datec. 1900
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 30 1/4 × 24 7/8 in. (76.8 × 63.2 cm) Frame: 32 3/8 × 27 3/8 × 2 1/8 in. (82.2 × 69.5 × 5.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Omar S. Pound, Class of 1951
Object number1991.90
Not on view
DescriptionThree-quarter length portrait of a young man, seated with his arms crossed over his lap.
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Provenance 1991: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Omar Pound.
Markings Label: adhesive label with "Portrait of Percy Wyndham Lewis / {believed to be [struck through]} by HILDERSHEIM, / (later Hilton), a fellow student / at the Slade with WL. It is / possible that Hildersheim was / born about 1874, i.e. older than WL (born 1882). / Dec. 1977 O.S. Pound. [also initialed O.S.P. in ink]" typewritten in black ink, on verso at upper left.
Published References Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, FRIENDS OF ART NEWSLETTER, vol. 1, no. 5, April 1993, "Acquisitions"
Inscribed No inscriptions noted.
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