Self-Portrait

1948

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Associated Names
David Alfaro Siqueiros

Artist, Mexican, 1896 - 1974

This is a painting of a person surrounded by abstract forms. The person is facing the right, and they have pale skin, high cheekbones, and pink lips. They appear to be wearing a broad-brimmed hat and a thick white collared shirt. One of their hands is visible, clenched in a fist and resting on a brown table. To the right of the person is a white shape that looks like a four-pointed star. Behind the person are similarly abstract swirls of red, blue, and white.
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On View

East Building Upper Level, Gallery E407

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on hardboard

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 120.7 x 90.8 cm (47 1/2 x 35 3/4 in.)
    framed: 142.9 x 113 x 5 cm (56 1/4 x 44 1/2 x 1 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1970.29.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. and Mrs. Alvar Carrillo Gil, Mexico; purchased 1970 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1970

  • David Alfaro Siqueiros, Paintings 1935-1967: A Loan Exhibition from the Collections of Dr. Alvar Carrillo Gil and Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Mitchell, Art Gallery, Center for Inter-American Relations, New York, 1970, no. 16, repro.

Bibliography

1981

  • Williams, William James. A Heritage of American Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1981: 231, repro.

Inscriptions

lower center: SIQUEIROS / 5-1948

Wikidata ID

Q20194201

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