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Self-Portrait

1982

Raphael Soyer

Associated Names

Raphael Soyer

Artist, American, born Russia, 1899 - 1987

The image shows a pencil drawing of a person from the shoulders up. The individual has distinctive facial features, a long nose, round glasses, thinning hair, and is slightly hunched forward. They wear a collared shirt and hold a pen or pencil above a piece of paper on the table in front of them. The background has a textured, cross-hatched pattern.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph in black
Credit Line

Gift of the Smithsonian Resident Associate Program
Accession Number

1982.64.1
Catalogue Raisonné

Gettings 1982, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: AP; lower right in graphite: Raphael Soyer

Wikidata ID

Q74038701

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