Self-Portrait

c.1970

Lee Friedlander

Associated Names
Lee Friedlander

Artist, American, born 1934

This is a photograph of a reflection on a storefront window. In the reflection, a person is holding a camera up to their face to take a photograph, creating an image-within-an-image effect. The window features a large silhouette image of a person's profile, and beneath this silhouette is a phone number in bold black font: "478-6993". The scene behind the window reflection includes a concrete sidewalk, a road, and buildings under a cloudy sky, all rendered in grayscale. The composition plays with reflections and transparencies, merging the reflected scene with the silhouette and the elements visible through the window.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 28.3 x 18.7 cm (11 1/8 x 7 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 35.4 x 27.8 cm (13 15/16 x 10 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.22.199


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

NGA purchase, 2001.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

upper center verso stamped in black ink: 232 20; center verso in graphite: Lee Friedlander

Wikidata ID

Q64156513

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