A Villager
Artist
Walter Ufer
(American, born Germany, 1876 - 1936)
Date1914-1930
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 20 5/16 × 16 1/4 inches (51.59 × 41.28 cm)
Framed: 28 5/16 × 24 5/16 inches (71.91 × 61.75 cm)
Framed: 28 5/16 × 24 5/16 inches (71.91 × 61.75 cm)
Credit LineGift of Sherrill Mulhern
Object number2019.43
SignedNear bottom left corner in dark blue/purple paint: “wufer” (the artist’s standard ligature of his first initial and last name).
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DescriptionThis is a vertically-oriented, bust-length portrait of a man in three-quarter face, turned toward the right side of the image. He poses outdoors with a blue sky, gray and white clouds, purple hills, and a green ground visible behind him. He wears a sort of conical, brimmed hat that is creased in several places. The man is cross-eyed, has medium-toned skin, dark hair, and a dark goatee. His hat shades his entire face. His bottom lip is slightly open at the proper left side of his mouth. He wears a white, collared shirt buttoned all the way up to the neck and a dark vest over it.Exhibition HistoryNone
Purchased by George William Miller
(1894–1991), Mission Hills, KS, around 1924-1930–1991;
By descent to his daughter, Georganne M. Mulhern (1921–1997), Mission Hills, KS, 1991-1997;
By descent to her daughter, Sherrill Mulhern, Westwood Hills, KS, 1997-2019;
Her gift to The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 11, 2019.
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