TitleSelf-Portrait
Artist
Irving Ramsay Wiles
(1861-1948)
Daten.d.
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 21 1/8 × 17 1/8 in.
SignedSigned lower right: "Irving R. Wiles"
SubmissionANA diploma presentation, May 5, 1890
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY
Object number1421-P
Label TextWiles, a slender, short man, was often described as "frail-looking." When exhibited, his "Self-Portrait" received lukewarm but consistent praise as an accurate likeness. Susan Hayes Ward, however, commented, "Mr. Irving Wiles's portrait of himself is an admirable piece of work, but it is extremely unattractive as a picture. It is painted in profile, with the head thrust forward as it must have been when he peered at himself in the looking-glass."Collections
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