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Accession #	44.69
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)

Curatorial Remarks:

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).