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Description: - inscribed with title and numbered M193 on the reverse - - oil on canvas24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm.)PROVENANCEMacbeth Gallery, Inc., New YorkMr. and Mrs. Carll Tucker, New YorkFrancis P. Garvan, New York, their brother-in-lawMabel Brady Garvan, New York, his wifeNew York, Sotheby Parke-Bernet (Sale: April 25, 1980, lot 120)EXHIBITEDNew York, Macbeth Gallery, Inc., Recent Paintings by Robert Henri, N.A., 1925New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Robert Henri, 1931, no. 73 Pittsburgh, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Directions in American Painting 1875-1925, June-Aug. 1982, pp. 40-41, illus. (this exhibition travelled to various locations, 1982-1987)Youngstown, Youngstown State University, The John J. McDonough Museum of Art, Inaugural Exhibition, Oct. 1991-Jan. 1992, p. 13; 27, illus.Columbus, Columbus Museum of Art, A Nation's Legacy, 150 Years of American Art from Ohio Collections, Jan.-Mar. 1992, p. 89, no. 57, illus. (this exhibition travelled to Tokyo, The isetan Museum, April-May 1992; Yamaguchi, The Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art, May-June 1992; Fukushima, The Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art, June-Aug. 1992; Takamatsu, The Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Aug.-Sept. 1992; Osaka, Daimaru Museum Umeda, Sept.-Oct. 1992)LITERATUREMacbeth Gallery, Inc., Art Notes, no. 81, April 1925, p. 1427Arts & Decoration, Oct. 1925, illus. (cover)Arts & Decoration, Sept. 1930, p. 49, illus.RELATED LITERATURER. Henri, The Art Spirit, Philadephia, 1951, pp. 111-112; 195Henri painted Skipper Mick, a portrait of the Irish boy Jimmy Michael Macnamara, on October 24, 1924. It was probably executed on Achill Island, off the Western coast of Ireland, where the artist had a home known as Corrymore.During his journeys in America and abroad, Henri painted children, often those of varying races and nationalities, for he saw them as individuals who transcended international boundaries. The artist wrote: "Every nation in the world in spite of itself, produces the occasional individual that... expresses... something of the dignity of life, the humor, the humanity, the kindness... that will rescue the race and the nation." (Henri, pp. 111-12) Certainly the image of Skipper Mick evokes this sentiment.Henri enjoyed capturing life around him, and it is not suprising that he would choose such a lively subject, with his jaunty cap and air of savvy, conveyed by his stance and hand stuffed in his pocket. The artist probably finished the portrait in one sitting, believing that quick work allowed for easier representation of the fleeting gestures that communicate insight into the character of the sitter. Through his broad brushstrokes and colorful palette, Henri has superbly captured the vitality, dignity and what he termed "the tremendous activity of a boy sitting still." (Henri, p. 195)This portrait is listed in the artist's record book M as no. 193.