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Self-Portrait
About the Artwork
In 1919, an art commentator described Abbott Handerson Thayer as "a man of slight build and of a nervous temperament, with a glance so intense and clear and penetrating; with a mind so keen and logical and which acts with such precision that the impression received of the man's personality is enduring."
Inscriptions
Signed upper right: "Abbott H. Tha[yer] / 1920
Provenance
Mrs. Gladys Reasoner (daughter of the artist); Mrs. Walter R. Seaton, Woodstock NY (1937); Vose Galleries, Boston
Exhibition history
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).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849–1921)
- Date
- 1920
- Medium
- oil on wood
- Dimensions
- Unframed: 88.9 x 70.9 cm (35 x 27 15/16 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Accession no.
- 1970.17
More by Abbott Handerson Thayer in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00009735
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