Self-Portrait

c.1970

Lee Friedlander

Associated Names
Lee Friedlander

Artist, American, born 1934

The image shows the silhouette of a person against a wall. The shadow displays the upper silhouette of a person, including their head and shoulders, against a background of horizontal wooden panels. The person appears to have one hand on their hip. The facial features and hairstyle cannot be discerned from the shadow. The person is not holding any objects, and there are no visible details of clothing or jewelry, as it is purely their shadow. The surrounding scene includes waxy leaves and flowers climbing diagonally across the wall, with some bushy, leafy plants growing in the foreground, casting their own shadows onto the wall.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.5 x 16.2 cm (9 5/8 x 6 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 35.4 x 27.8 cm (13 15/16 x 10 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.22.178


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

NGA purchase, 2001.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

center verso in graphite: Lee Friedlander; lower center verso stamped in black ink: 93 27 (upside down)

Wikidata ID

Q64156540

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