PORTRAIT OF JOSEPH SMITH WITH BUTTERFLY

Artist JAMES C. CHRISTENSEN (1942-2017)

Datec.1979

CountryUtah, USA

MediumOil and acrylic on canvas

Dimensions58.6 × 43.5 cm (23 1/16 × 17 1/8") (Image)
Frame: 82.9 × 67.6 cm (32 5/8 × 26 5/8")

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of Gregory and Linda MacKay.

Terms

Object number970340001

DescriptionThis image depicts a bust length portrait of a male figure facing forward. The figure has brown hair, blue eyes and is wearing a high collared white undershirt and a dark red coat. There is a thin vibrant red outline along the entire figure against a black background. Directly above the figure's head is a small candle like flame and above the flame there is a large monarch butterfly.

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