Lot 91: Patrick Henry Bruce (1881-1937)

Portrait, circa summer 1910 signed in pencil “Bruce” (lower right) oil and charcoal on canvas

21 1/2 x 17 1/8 in. (54.7 x 43.5 cm)

The artist
Mrs. Helen Kibbey Bruce
Collection of B.F. Garber, Marigot, St. Martin, circa 1960
Private Collection

Literature
William C. Agee and Barbara Rose, Patrick Henry Bruce: American Modernist, New York, 1979, no. B23, pp. 163-164, illustrated

In the catalogue raisonnÈ of Patrick Henry Bruce’s work, William C. Agee and Barbara Rose note: “At first glance, the painting may appear to be [a] self- portrait. However, despite a similar facture and arbitrary color modeling, it is probably a portrait of Arthur B. Frost, Jr. (1887-1917), Bruce’s closest friend during these years.”