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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
Museum
Self-Portrait
1918
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Mrs. Gladys Reasoner (daughter of the artist); Mrs. Walter R. Seaton, Woodstock NY (1937); Vose Gall...
Source provenance text
Mrs. Gladys Reasoner (daughter of the artist); Mrs. Walter R. Seaton, Woodstock NY (1937); Vose Galleries, Boston
The Cleveland Museum of Artconfidence 100%
Exhibitions
PublicSource exhibition text
Year in Review: 1970. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971). Cleveland Collects American Art of the Gilded Age. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 23-May 18, 2003). Syracuse, NY, Everson Museum, Abbott Handerson Thayer (17 September-7 November 1982); traveled to New York, NY, National Academy of Design (10 December 1982-23 January 1983); Manchester, NH, Currier Gallery of Art (18 February-3 April 1983), cat. no. 33, illus. p. 130.
The Cleveland Museum of Artconfidence 100%
Sourced Overview Evidence
Ways to represent one's self preoccupied Abbott Handerson Thayer throughout his life, playing a large role in both his emotional development and technical skill as a self-portrait painter. His earliest self-portrait is dated May 6, 1879, though he may have begun the piece in 1876, reworking it several times. Becoming increasingly eccentric with age, Thayer expressed his "growing egotism" and didactic, self-righteous ways through his artwork, especially through the group of self-portraits composed toward the end of his life. The work on display here is probably the earliest and most amiable of these later self-portraits. Thayer engages the viewer with his direct, almost defensive stare. In subsequent works, his eyes begin to cloud over in an almost trance-like state, exposing his emotional decline. This painting exemplifies the moodiness so prevalent during this period. Along with his achievements as a painter, Thayer spent many years studying the protective coloration of animals, and in 1909, he produced a book on the subject. His theories led to the development of military camouflage.
The Cleveland Museum of Artconfidence 100%
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0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 1 structured provenance events · 2 structured exhibitions.
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