Portrait of Mike
Artist
Paul Cadmus
(American, 1904-1999)
CultureAmerican
Date1978
MediumCrayon | Paper
DimensionsOverall: 23 x 19 1/4 in. (58.4 x 48.9 cm)
InscribedSigned lower left: Cadmus II VIII 78. "Mike" written lower right.
Credit LineGift of Mark A. Clark
Object number2000.17
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a crayon drawing on prepared paper. This portrait is of Michael Ruxton Strong and was commissioned (see remarks) by Mark Clark. It is the first of a series of drawing that Paul Cadmus executed of Mike when Mark Clark and Mike Strong visited Cadmus in Weston, Connecticut in 1978.ProvenanceMark A. Clark, 1978-2000; Gift of Mark A. Clark to the Chrysler Museum of Art, 2000.
