Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Oil on canvas, signed at lower right, presented in a later gilt frame.
Stretcher size 17 x 13 7/8 in.; Frame dimensions 25 1/2 x 22 1/4 in.
Private Collection, North Carolina An accomplished and much lauded portraitist, Wiles' is known for his strikingly expressive and painterly portraits reminiscent of those by John Singer Sargent and Wiles' friend and teacher, William Merritt Chase.
Extensive overall craquelure with some minor lifting; minor areas of retouch visible under UV light