The Shirt - Portrait of Henry

Artist Henry Thomas Gulick

Period1953

MediumOil on masonite

Dimensions20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)

SignedSigned lower left, "H. T. Gulick." Signed on reverse, "H. T. G. Dec. '53."

ClassificationsPortraits

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Gulick, 2017

Object number2017.2.5

DescriptionThree-quarter length portrait of a young boy facing left in a long sleeve red and blue plaid shirt with collar buttoned and a patch pocket over left chest. The subject has blue eyes, thin eyebrows, and close-cropped blonde hair. The background is a mottled bluish gray.
NotesA portrait of Henry G. Gulick, a grandson of the artist and son of H. Gregory Gulick (1907 - 1988) and Alice Willgerodt (1907 - 1979). Henry was born on 4 December 1943, so this painting depicts him at the time of his tenth birthday.

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