Title

Enoch P. Westman

Creation Date

1927

Description

Oil on linen portrait of Enoch P. Westman (Father in Law of the artist. Enoch lived in Enfield, MN, located in Wright County) by the Minnesota artist Elof Wedin. Black/blue background with a waist-up portrait of a man wearing a yellow suit, white shirt and blue/red tie, yellow hat with a blue band, and round glasses. Man has blue eyes and blonde/brown hair. A red/brown chair is visible behind the man's right shoulder. Signature in blue at the lower right, "Elof Wedin, 1927." Wood stretcher with no bracing, matte black slat frame (added in 1999) attached directly to edges of the canvas/stretcher. Back of painting has white/blue/brown paint (possible early state sketch).