id: 447637 accession number: 2021.181 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2021.181 updated: 2022-09-10 12:16:09.517000 Christopher Isherwood 06-21-79, 1979. Don Bachardy (American, 1934-). Graphite and ink wash; sheet: 76.2 x 55.9 cm (30 x 22 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Artist 2021.181 title: Christopher Isherwood 06-21-79 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1979 creation date earliest: 1979 creation date latest: 1979 current location: creditline: Gift of the Artist copyright: --- culture: America technique: graphite and ink wash department: Drawings collection: DR - American 20th Century type: Drawing find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Don Bachardy (American, 1934-) - artist American painter, born 1934 --- measurements: Sheet: 76.2 x 55.9 cm (30 x 22 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Don Bachardy (the artist) [1934-] date: 1979-2021 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: December 6, 2021 footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Bachardy was the inspiration for novelist Christopher Isherwood’s most famous book, A Single Man. digital description: Los Angeles based portraitist Don Bachardy is known for his meticulous portraits of celebrities, but he has also made thousands of portraits of artists, authors, and intellectuals in the circle of his and his partner, novelist Christopher Isherwood. When making his drawings, he works directly from life in close proximity to the sitter in sessions that last up to four hours and require the sitter to remain still the entire time. Devoid of setting, save for a sofa or chair, his portraits tend to focus on the subtlety of emotions revealed by the eyes, nose, and lips. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES