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Portrait of a Sailor (Paul Cuffe?)circa 1800

On view:

Geffen Galleries, Transatlantic Exchange and Its Legacies

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: LACMA: Obras Maestras 1750-1950: Pintura Estadounidense Del Museo De Arte Del Condado De Los Angeles. Mexico, D.F.: Museo Nacional de Arte, 2006.
Kim, Woollin, Jinmyung Kim, and Songhyuk Yang, eds. Art Across America. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2013.
Miller, Angela, and Chris McAuliffe, eds. America: Painting a Nation. Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2013.
Bolster, W. Jeffrey. Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the Age of Sail. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1997.
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.

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On view:

Geffen Galleries, Transatlantic Exchange and Its Legacies

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: LACMA: Obras Maestras 1750-1950: Pintura Estadounidense Del Museo De Arte Del Condado De Los Angeles. Mexico, D.F.: Museo Nacional de Arte, 2006.
Kim, Woollin, Jinmyung Kim, and Songhyuk Yang, eds. Art Across America. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2013.
Miller, Angela, and Chris McAuliffe, eds. America: Painting a Nation. Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2013.
Bolster, W. Jeffrey. Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the Age of Sail. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1997.
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.