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ROBERT HENRI (American 1865-1929)

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ROBERT HENRI (American 1865-1929)
<B>ROBERT (COZAD) HENRI </B></I>(American 1865-1929)<BR><I>Portrait of a Young Man with Moustache, </B></I>circa 1880-1890<BR>Oil on canvas<BR>15-1/2 x 12 inches (39.4 x 30.5 cm)<BR>Signed lower left: <I>Robert Henri</B></I><BR> <BR>Provenance:<BR>Private collection, Georgia<BR><BR>This early portrait of a fair skinned, young man with brown hair and a mustache could have been produced when Henri was a student at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. Henri often would create sketches of similar likeness while teaching classes on portraiture at the School of Design for Woman in Philadelphia or in Paris between 1895 and 1896, where he taught several classes. <BR><BR>We are grateful to Mr. Bennard B. Perlman for kind assistance in cataloguing this lot. Mr. Bennard B. Perlman is the author of <I>Robert Henri: His Life and Art</B></I>, Dover Publications (June 1991) and <I>Painters of the Ashcan School: The Immortal Eight</B></I>, Dover Publications (August 1988).<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Requires 3rd Party Shipping (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)