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The Failure of Sylvester, (painting). Artist:  Henri, Robert, 1865-1929, painter. Title:  The Failure of Sylvester, (painting). Dates:  1914. Medium:  Oil on canvas. Description:  Portrait of an African American boy seated in a chair, his arms resting on the chair's arms and his head fallen to his shoulder. His eyes are closed and his hands are folded. He wears a bright white shirt, suspenders, and pants rolled up above his knees. Subject:  Portrait male -- Unidentified -- Sylvester Portrait male -- Unidentified -- Child Ethnic -- African American State of Being -- Other -- Sleep Occupation -- Vendor -- Newspaper Boy Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art, Nashville, Tennessee Accession Number: 1993.6 Remarks:  One of a series of three portrait of Sylvester which Henri painted in 1914. References:  "Cheekwood Museum of Art: collection catalog," Nashville: Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art, 2001. Illustration:  "Cheekwood Museum of Art: collection catalog," Nashville: Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art, 2001, pg. 58. 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 49590055   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 49590055 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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