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Museum purchase, 1999.74.7, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright undetermined
William S. Bassett
Museum purchase, 1999.74.7, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright undetermined

William S. Bassett

Dateabout 1960
MediumPainting; oil on canvas in frame
DimensionsFrame (height x width): 24 1/2 × 20 1/2in. (62.2 × 52.1cm)
Stretcher (height x width): 20 × 16in. (50.8 × 40.6cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionBust-length portrait of William S. Bassett by Alice Bronson. Bassett has short gray hair and brown eyes, and he is wearing a button-down chamois shirt over a white t-shirt.
Object number1999.74.7
MarkingsPrinted on back of frame: "16 x 20 MADE IN MEXICO"InscribedVerso, handwritten in black marker on wooden stretcher: "ARTIST - ALICE BRONSON / SUBJECT - WILLIAM S. BASSETT"

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