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    Self-Portrait in a Fur Cap
    Joseph Wright of Derby. Self-Portrait in a Fur Cap, 1765/68. The Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain (CC0).

    Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago

    AT-00003294

    Self-Portrait in a Fur Cap

    by Joseph Wright of Derby

    View at the Art Institute of Chicago

    Inscriptions

    Not signed

    Provenance

    James H. Ricau (died 1993), New York, by 1968 [Nicholson 1968]. Sold by David Nisinson, New York, to the Art Institute, 1990.

    Exhibition history

    New York, The Frick Collection, "From Pontormo to Seurat: Drawings Recently Acquired by The Art Institute of Chicago," April 23-July 7, 1991, n.p., cat. 23 (ill.); traveled to The Art Institute of Chicago, September 10, 1991-January 5, 1992. The Art Institute of Chicago, "Building a Collection: New Acquisitions and Promised Gifts of British Art," May 1–August 1, 2004, checklist 2. New Haven, Yale Center for British Art, “Joseph Wright of Derby in Liverpool,” May 22–August 31, 2008, pp. 40, 41, and 177, cat. 50, fig. 35, cat. by Elizabeth E. Barker and Alex Kidson et. al. The Art Institute of Chicago, "Shockingly Mad: Henry Fuseli and the Art of Drawing", November 16, 2017 - April 1, 2018. The Art Institute of Chicago, "Lines of Connection: Drawing and Printmaking 1400-1850", March 15 - June 1, 2025, pp. 168-70, 169, 214 fig. 135 (ill.), cat. by Jamie Gabbarelli, Edina Adam, et. al.

    Publications

    Benedict Nicholson, Joseph Wright of Derby: Painter of Light, 2 vols. (London, 1968), p. 229, no. 165 (ill.). The Art Institute of Chicago News and Events, "Museum News: Acquisitions" (July-August 1990), p. 8 (ill.). Roger Kimball, "An Artistic Volcano," The Wall Street Journal (3 June 1991). Michael Kimmelmann, "Pontormo to Seurat: From Chicago to the Frick," The New York Times, 1991. Judy Egerton, “Joseph Wright of Derby: Self-Portrait in a Fur Cap,” The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 18:2 (1992), pp. 112-23, fig. 1. Martha Tedeschi, “Forward,” The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 18:2 (1992), pp. 108-11. James N. Wood and Sally Ruth May, The Art Institute of Chicago: The Essential Guide (Chicago, 1993), p. 209 (ill.). James N. Wood and Debra N. Mancoff, Treasures from The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, 2000), p. 135 (ill.). The Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC) website, sponsor page (NY: 2007), ill. (http://www.artcurators.org/sponsors.asp) The Essential Guide (Chicago, 2009), p. 297 (ill.). The Art Institute of Chicago, "Ireland: Crossroads of Art and Design, 1690-1840", p. 156, cat. by William Laffan and Christopher Monkhouse, et. al.

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    Quick Overview

    Artist
    Joseph Wright of Derby / English, 1734-1797
    Date
    1765/68
    Medium
    Monochrome pastel (grisaille) on blue-gray laid paper
    Dimensions
    42.5 × 29.5 cm (16 3/4 × 11 5/8 in.)
    Type
    Drawing
    Classification
    pastel
    Place
    England
    Department
    Prints and Drawings
    Credit line
    Clarence Buckingham Collection
    Accession no.
    1990.141

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