Self-Portrait

1980

Jody Mussoff

Associated Names
Jody Mussoff

Artist, American, born 1952

The image displays a head and shoulders portrait of a person facing forward. The person has an upright position with their head centered in the image. Their facial features are detailed, including large eyes with a direct gaze, a defined nose, and closed lips. Their hair is dark and styled in an unruly, spiky fashion. They are wearing a high-collared garment in purple, and their ears are adorned with large triangular earrings that have a geometric design in blue and black. The background features abstract geometric shapes in warm tones of orange and peach, with a framing element that creates the illusion of a window or portrait border. The artwork's signature and date, "MNE 1980," are visible in the lower right corner.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    colored pencil on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.13 × 26.67 cm (9 1/2 × 10 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 29.53 × 33.02 cm (11 5/8 × 13 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.2968


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Gallery K, Washington, DC); Dr. Thomas Mathews, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1993; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Mussoff 1980

Wikidata ID

Q64581824

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