Self-Portrait with Camera

1932

Alexander Zhitomirsky

Associated Names
Alexander Zhitomirsky

Artist, Russian, 1907 - 1993

The image shows a combination of smooth, curved lines intersecting with jagged edges, creating an abstract composition. It includes a human figure with a photographic head pasted atop a painted elongated arm reaching towards a large camera lens. The camera lens looks mechanical with visible numbers and notches, connecting it to photographic equipment. The layout merges human and machine elements in an abstract way, with red text arching over the image.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collage of gelatin silver prints and photomechanical reproductions with black ink and gouache on green paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Henry Buhl

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 18.5 x 26.3 cm (7 5/16 x 10 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1998.3.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Gary Edwards Gallery, Washington, DC); purchased with donated funds from Henry Buhl by NGA, 1998.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2001

  • A Century of Drawing, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002, no. 60.

Bibliography

2001

  • A Century of Drawing. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002: no. 60.

Inscriptions

by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: CO91

Wikidata ID

Q64032529

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