Self-Portrait

c. 1933

John D. Graham

Associated Names
John D. Graham

Artist, American, born Russia, c. 1887 - 1961

The image shows a close-up frontal view of a person's face, capturing only their head and a small portion of their neck and shoulders. The individual has a bald head, dark eyebrows, a pronounced nose, and a thin mustache. Some strands of hair are visible at the sides of their head. There are no earrings or jewelry, and they are not holding any objects. The background is plain with a natural paper color, and there is handwritten text on the top left reading "To Kainen Graham."
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    overall: 32 x 23.8 cm (12 5/8 x 9 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.385

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gift of the artist to Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2002

  • An Artist's Artists: Jacob Kainen's Collection from Rembrandt to David Smith, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2002-2003, no cat.

  • An Artist's Artists: Jacob Kainen's Collection from Rembrandt to David Smith, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003, as Self-Portrait.

Inscriptions

upper left in graphite: TO / KAINEN / GRAHAM

Wikidata ID

Q64582215

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