About this artwork
Warhol based his first painted self-portrait on a photo booth photograph, and the work showcases Warhol’s ability to manipulate his persona itself as an artistic medium. As he admitted a few years later, “I’d prefer to remain a mystery, I never like to give my background and, anyway, I make it all up different every time I’m asked.” This work marked a starting point for Warhol’s career-long engagement with the construction of identity, especially as it pertained to crafting his public persona.
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Status
- On View, Gallery 296
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Department
- Contemporary Art
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Artist
- Andy Warhol
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Title
- Self-Portrait
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Place
- United States (Object made in)
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Date
- Made 1964
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Medium
- Acrylic, silver paint, and silkscreen ink on linen
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Dimensions
- 50.8 × 40.6 cm (20 × 16 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Edlis Neeson Collection
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Reference Number
- 2015.126
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Copyright
- © 2018 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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