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The Art Institute of Chicago — public domain (CC0). Gift of Joseph M. Rogers Source

19 Lot

Walter Shirlaw

American, 1838–1909

Self-Portrait

Date: 1878
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 70.2 × 53.4 cm (27 5/8 × 21 in.)
Inscription: Signed and dated lower right
Department: American Art

Estimate £60,000 – 90,000

Offered in Old Masters, Antiquities & Arms, 27 September 2026

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A Under raking light

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Relief

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B Catalogue note

Provenance

The artist
Private collection, New York
Acquired by the present owner

Exhibited

New York, memorial exhibition, 1910

Literature

Recorded in the artist's account book

Condition

Lined. A warm, stable surface; the dark ground has not sunk.

This is a summary. A full written condition report, with raking-light and ultraviolet photography, is issued on request and forms part of the description.

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