Paris Café

Painting

Milwaukee Public Library

Name/Title

Paris Café

Context

Inventory card reports the title as “Paris (James Joyce).” Presumably Joyce is the bearded, bespectacled man just left of center.

Collection

Artwork Collection, Wisconsin Art Collection, Vogel Collection

Acquisition

Accession

1972.1

Source or Donor

Mr. and Mrs. William D. (Virginia B.) Vogel

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Gerrit V Sinclair

Date made

1930

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature and Date

Location

Lower right

Transcription

“G.V. Sinclair Paris 30”

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Framed Size

Height

24 in

Width

31 in

Research Notes

Notes

The 1/20/1974 MJ references another Paris/James Joyce painting by Gerrit Sinclair, a "fine 1928 oil portrait of James Joyce and his wife, standing beside the Seine," on exhibit at the Charles Allis in 1974.