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James Claude Wright Jr.

Portrait painting depicting James Claude Wright Jr. standing next to a desk with a statue of a bull, a red mug, and piles of papers on top, holding a book in his right hand and his left hand in his pant pocket against a green background, with a group of books visible behind his right arm/tiles/collection/1/1903.xml
Portrait painting depicting James Claude Wright Jr. standing next to a desk with a statue of a bull, a red mug, and piles of papers on top, holding a book in his right hand and his left hand in his pant pocket against a green background, with a group of books visible behind his right arm
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Date

1991

Artist

Marshall Bouldin III

Dimensions

54 3/4 x 35 1/4 in. (139.1 x 89.5 cm) Framed: 63 1/2 x 43 1/2 in. (161.3 x 110.5 cm)

Accession Number

2005.016.048

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

Speaker Jim Wright’s portrait by prolific portrait artist Marshall Bouldin III was unveiled on July 10, 1989. Executed in Boudin’s painterly style, Wright is shown in a relatively informal manner. He casually turns away from the desk, marked as a work space by the disheveled papers and mug. A Texas longhorn signifies Wright’s home state and is the type of personal signifier then coming into vogue in Congressional portraits.

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