Self-Portrait

1896

Jerome Myers

Associated Names
Jerome Myers

Artist, American, 1867 - 1940

The image is a portrait of a man's head and upper shoulders in a monochromatic style. His round face has shadows around his eyes, which are looking straight ahead. He has thick, slightly wavy hair styled away from his face and a well-groomed mustache. The background is plain and dark, contrasting with the lighter tones of the man's face. The artist's signature and the date, 1896, are found in the lower left corner.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of Virginia Downes (daughter of the artist); (Kraushaar Galleries, New York); private collection, Washington, DC; (Hull Gallery, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1979; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1979

  • Recent Acquisitions: Drawings, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1979

1982

  • Acquisitions Since 1975, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1982-1983

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 129, no. 870.

Inscriptions

lower left in black pencil: JEROME 1896 / MYERS N.Y.

Wikidata ID

Q64581661

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