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Self-Portrait (Collapse by the Lamp/Kolaps przy lampie)

c. 1913

Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz

Associated Names

Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz

Artist, Polish, 1885 - 1939

The image shows a man's upper body, focusing on his face and hands as he leans forward on a table. His face is partially shaded, showing a serious expression with deep-set eyes and a slightly furrowed brow. He has short, dark hair and is dressed in a dark suit with a white shirt visible at the cuffs and collar. An ornate lit oil lamp with a glass body and metal base is next to him on the table. The background is dark, emphasizing the illuminated areas.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Foto Fund and Robert B. Menschel and the Vital Projects Fund
Dimensions

image: 12.86 x 17.78 cm (5 1/16 x 7 in.)
Accession Number

2009.56.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Stefan Okolowicz, Warsaw, Poland; NGA purchase, 2009.

Associated Names

National Gallery of Art

Exhibition History

2016

Intersections: Photographs and Videos from the National Gallery of Art and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2016 - 2017, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, lower right in graphite: Wi 040

Wikidata ID

Q64169812

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