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James Whitcomb Riley, (painting). Artist:  Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925, painter. Title:  James Whitcomb Riley, (painting). Dates:  1903. Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  35 1/2 x 30 1/2 in. (90.2 x 77.5 cm). Inscription:  (Upper left:) John S. Sargent signed Description:  Waist-length seated portrait of James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916) facing left with his left arm resting on the back of the chair, the back of which is turned toward the viewer. He wears eye glasses and holds a document in his right hand. Subject:  Portrait male -- Riley, James Whitcomb -- Waist length Occupation -- Writer -- Poet Dress -- Accessory -- Eye wear Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1200 West 38th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46208-4196 Accession Number: 03.7 Exhibitions:  Carnegie Institute 1903 International Exhibition, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1903, no. 115. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Seventy Third Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1904, no. 54. Louisiana Purchase International Exhibition, St. Louis, 1904, no. 672. Cincinnati Art Museum Twelfth Annual Exhibition of American Art, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, 1905, no. 22. Remarks:  Commissioned by the Indianapolis Art Association in 1899. References:  Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003, no. 455. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Bulletin, vol. 56, no. 3-4, "Catalogue of American Paintings," 1970. Indianapolis Museum of Art, "Handbook of European and American Paintings to 1945," 1981. Illustration:  Image on file. Indianapolis Museum of Art, "Handbook of European and American Paintings to 1945," 1981. Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003, pg. 113. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 13730228   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 13730228 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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