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Self Portrait (The Pine Knot Portrait)
Accession # 2002.2
Artist William Rush
Commissioned by Kennedy Galleries, Inc.
Cast by Joseph Ternbach
Title Self Portrait (The Pine Knot Portrait)
Date 1822; cast 1971
Medium Bronze, stone base
Dimensions 22 x 17 x 11 in. (55.9 x 43.2 x 27.9 cm)
Marks Inscribed on back of round pedestal base: "PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY / OF THE FINE ARTS / © KENNEDY GALLERIES- / 6/15"
Credit Line Gift of Martha Fleischman
Location Visible Storage: Case 4, Shelf L (Sculpture)
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.