Self Portrait
Datec. 1890
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions15 inches × 18 3/16 inches (38.1 × 46.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Robert H. Tannahill
Object number69.306
ClassificationsPaintings
Curator NotesBust portrait of the artist in three quarter right view. His right hand is at his chin, eyes to viewer. He has shoulder length brown hair and a moustache. He wears a gray-green coat over an orange and green striped shirt and a red-orange cravat. In the background is a bright yellow horizontal band beneath a dull blue wall. At the upper right is a Delacroix sketch.
On View
On viewLocations
- Exhibition Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Level 3, European Paintings, Gallery 10b
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of:
Paul Guillaume, Paris
Brendon Davis, London
Sir Michael Sadler, Oxford (purchased 1911)
Mrs. L. B. Wescott, New Jersey
Exhibitions
Text EntriesWhen Paul Gauguin decided to compose a series of self-portraits he admits that he overcame a great deal of reservation. In spite of the confidence exuded by the artist's pose and facial expression, his was a modest
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