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Portrait of a Sailor (Paul Cuffe?)circa 1800

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Transatlantic Exchange and Its Legacies
Oil painting portrait of a Black man in a cobalt blue jacket and orange neckerchief, shown from the chest up against a rocky cliff and seascape with a sailing ship
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Portrait of a Sailor (Paul Cuffe?)
Place Made
United States
Date Made
circa 1800
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 25 1/4 × 20 1/2 in. (64.14 × 52.07 cm) Frame: 30 × 25 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (76.2 × 64.77 × 8.89 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Cecile Bartman
Accession Number
M.2005.2
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
American Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Kim, Christine Y., and Liz Andrews. Black American Portraits. Los Angeles: LACMA, 2021.
  • Kim, Christine Y., and Myrtle Elizabeth Andrews, editors. Black American Portraits: From the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books-D.A.P., 2023.