Self-Portrait, Montevideo

c. 1942–1943, printed later

Jeanne Mandello

Associated Names
Jeanne Mandello

Artist, German, 1907 - 2001

The image shows an upper body view of a person positioned behind a foreground of long, thin leaves. The person's face is partially obscured by the leaves, revealing their eyes and mouth. The person has hair that is pulled back and is wearing a collared shirt under a textured sweater with a name badge. One of their hands is visible wearing a glove and touching one of the leaves. The background features more leaves creating an abstract pattern with light and shadow. The overall aesthetic is monochromatic.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    inkjet print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Isabel Mandello and James Bauer

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 28.5 × 23.8 cm (11 1/4 × 9 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.16.3

  • Copyright

    (c) 2020 Isabel Mandello

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Isabel Mandello, Barcelona; gift to NGA, 2022.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2021

  • The New Woman Behind the Camera, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2021 - 2022, no. 250.

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, center in graphite: 15 / 1 [circled]

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