Accession # | 44.69 |
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Artist | Abraham Walkowitz |
Title | Self-Portrait 1908 |
Date | 1908 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 21 1/4 x 18 1/2 in. (54 x 47 cm) |
Signed | Signed upper left in black: "A. WALKOWITZ / 1908"; signed lower left: A Walkowitz / 1908"; signed verso on stretcher: "Walkowitz / A Portrait" |
Credit Line | Gift of the artist |
Location | Visible Storage: Case 16, Screen E (Paintings) |
The slightly turned view of the face and the sidelong gaze seen here are characteristic of self-portraits, which were often done while looking in a mirror. This method produces a reverse image of the subject (compare Max Weber's portrait of Walkowitz, also on this screen, in which the part in the hair appears on the opposite side).