SELF PORTRAIT
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- Oil on artist board, mounted to wood panel
- Dimensions
-
Framed: 20 1/2 x17 x2 3/4 in. (52.1 x43.2 x7 cm.)
Unframed: 13 3/4 x 10 1/2 in. (34.9 x 26.7 cm)
- Department
- European Painting
- Classification
- Paintings
- Credit
- City of Detroit Purchase
- Accession No.
- 22.13
- Provenance
- (?) Paris, Collection Émile Bernard
Paris, Amboise Vollard (dealer) (1910)
Berlin, Paul Cassirer (dealer) (1910-1912)
Paris, Collection Bernard Goudchaux;
Paris/New York, Collection Dikran Khan Kélékian (by 1920);
New York, auction Kélékian (American Art Association) Jan. 30, 1922, lot 100 (bought by the Reinhardt Galleries for the DIA)
- Keywords
-
canvas, oil, paint, panel, portrait, self portrait, wood, bust
Published References
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