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Self Portrait (The Pine Knot Portrait)

Artist: William Rush, American, 1756-1833
Cast By: Joseph Ternbach
Commissioned By: Kennedy Galleries, Inc.
Medium: Bronze, stone base
Dates: 1822; cast 1971
Dimensions: 22 x 17 x 11 in. (55.9 x 43.2 x 27.9 cm)
Markings: Inscribed on back of round pedestal base: "PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY / OF THE FINE ARTS / © KENNEDY GALLERIES- / 6/15"
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 2002.2
Edition: Cast: 6/15
Credit Line: Gift of Martha Fleischman
Image: Overall, 2002.2_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Shoulder-length bust portrait of older man with head turned to proper right; head appears as if emerging out of pine trunk (which forms neck and shoulders) with knots and a pine branch across the front; bust raised on round pedestal atop black stone square plinth base. Condition: Good.

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