SAL record control number: 138672 ;

Record level: Item ;

Record type: Movable work ;

Work title: Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz (1885-1966) [from collection database] ;

Alternate work titles:
2022 : Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz (1885-1966) [from collection database] ;

Work date: ca.1966 [based on when sitter died] ;

Work creator: Adrian Stymets Lamb (1901-1988) [RA 1939-1988] ;

Work medium: Oil on canvasboard ;
Work dimensions: 12 x 9 inches [unframed] | 14-7/8 x 11-7/8 x 1-1/2
inches [framed] ;

Inscribed / signed front:
Location: At lower left.
Dated?: No.
Text: ‘Adrian Lamb’.

Verso: [none] ;

SAL category: Oil ;
SAL sub-category: Portrait ;

Archives of American Art subjects:
Art
Art — American
Art ― Private collections ― New York (State)
Art ― Private collections ― New York (State) ― Salmagundi
Figure
Figure male
Occupation
Occupation — Marine
Portrait
Portrait — Half length

Description of work:

Provenance:
After ca.1966 SCNY, gift of [unknown], accession #2006.564 ;
ca.1966 Adrian Stymets Lamb (1901-1988) [RA 1939-1988], the artist.

Exhibition history:
2022 SCNY Haunting portraits September 1 – December 31 ;

References / citations:
– Collection database, accession #2006.564.
– Collection database, accession #O-316.

Notes:
Nimitz was Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Forces for the US and Allied forces during WW II. For additional in formation on Nimitz, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_Nimitz.

Document information

Document permalink:
http://salmagundi.org/artwork/?p=138672

Digital-born document number:
SAL.2022.138672

Record birth date:
September 16, 2022

Last updated: July 12, 2023 at 11:50 am