Self-Portrait

1932

George Biddle

Associated Names
George Biddle

Artist, American, 1885 - 1973

The image is a portrait showing the head and neck of a person, viewed in three-quarter profile. The person's head is tilted slightly downward and turned to the right, with their gaze directed towards the viewer. The facial features are rendered in a textured, shaded style, with a prominent brow, deep-set eyes, and a defined nose. The lips are closed, and there is a hint of facial hair around the upper lip and chin. The hair is short and wavy, brushing slightly over the forehead and around the ears. The person is wearing a collared garment, possibly a shirt, visible around the neck. The background is a dark, textured surface, contrasting the lighter shading of the portrait, and the artist's signature "Biddle 1932" and "George Biddle" is visible at the bottom corners.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of the artist, 1957)

  • Dimensions

    image: 26.35 × 20.32 cm (10 3/8 × 8 in.)
    sheet: 40.64 × 31.75 cm (16 × 12 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.881

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Pennigar 1979, no. 105


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, Croton-on-Hudson, New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1957; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1979

  • The Graphic Work of George Biddle, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1979

Bibliography

1979

  • Pennigar, Martha. The Graphic Work of George Biddle, with Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1979, pp. 26-27, no. 105.

Inscriptions

upper right on stone: 71; lower left on stone: Biddle 1932; lower right in graphite: George Biddle

Wikidata ID

Q77008564

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