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Self-Portrait

A work made of graphite on cream wove paper.
© Ellsworth Kelly Foundation

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  • A work made of graphite on cream wove paper.

Date:

1948

Artist:

Ellsworth Kelly
American, 1923-2015

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Ellsworth Kelly

Title

Self-Portrait

Place

United States (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.

1948

Medium

Graphite on cream wove paper

Inscriptions

Dated lower left, in graphite: "Dec 10 48"; inscribed and dated verso, lower edge, in graphite: "48.82, SELF PORTRAIT / 16, Dec 10 1948 - Paris."

Dimensions

55.5 × 43.2 cm (21 7/8 × 17 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ellsworth Kelly Studio and Jack Shear

Reference Number

2021.348

Copyright

© Ellsworth Kelly Foundation

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