PORTRAIT OF ABRAHAM O. SMOOT
Artist
ALVIN L. GITTINS
(1922 - 1981)
Date1954
CountryUtah, USA
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsFrame: 90.8 × 75.2 cm (35 3/4 × 29 5/8")
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of Ethel M. Sorensen
Terms
Object number830000600
DescriptionThis is a vertically formatted bust portrait of a male figure with balding white and gray hair and a trimmed beard. The figure has brown eyes, thick eyebrows that slant down, and a slight closed smile. He holds the lapels of his black suit coat with his thumbs extended. Under his suit coat, he wears a white dress shirt with a popped collar and a black necktie forming a x-shape. He is lit with a yellow-white light from above, which highlights his forehead. The background is flat and almost solid color black.On View
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