Self-Portrait

Photography and Media

1997

Vik Muniz
Brazilian, born 1961

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: Vik Muniz
Title: Self-Portrait
Place: Brazil (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1997
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Inscriptions: No markings recto or verso
Dimensions: Image: 58.2 × 48.7 cm (22 15/16 × 19 3/16 in.); Paper: 60.6 × 51.2 cm (23 7/8 × 20 3/16 in.)
Credit Line: The Mary and Leigh Block Endowment Fund
Reference Number: 1998.573

Art Institute of Chicago, “Crossing the Line: Photography Reconsidered,” January 29–June 4, 2000. (David Travis)
Art Institute of Chicago, “About Face: Photographic Portraits from the Collection,” October 9, 2004–January 16, 2005.(Katherine Bussard)
Art Institute of Chicago, “A Mind at Play,” June 14–September 7, 2008. (David Travis)

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