Me as Me

2010, published 2011

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum

Associated Names
Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum

Artist, Botswanan, born 1980

Robert Franklin

Printer, American, born 1930

The image shows a black and white drawing of two individuals depicted from the knees up standing and facing each other. Their faces are stylized with minimal detail and their hair is uniquely illustrated with distinct patterns. The person on the left has a large, rounded hair shape with linear and circular elements, while the person on the right has textured hair blending into a garment or headpiece resembling fur. Both are dressed in dark, sleeveless garments with fur-like collars. One stands in a dish, the other on a similarly shaped object. The background is a minimal landscape with distant hills or mountains and scattered vertical line-like features. The composition emphasizes pattern work and contrast between the figures and background.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    offset lithograph on four sheets of wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Funds from the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation

  • Dimensions

    overall: 181.7 × 138.4 cm (71 9/16 × 54 1/2 in.)
    sheet (.a): 90.7 × 68.9 cm (35 11/16 × 27 1/8 in.)
    sheet (.b): 90.8 × 69.1 cm (35 3/4 × 27 3/16 in.)
    sheet (.c): 90.9 × 69 cm (35 13/16 × 27 3/16 in.)
    sheet (.d): 90.6 × 69.3 cm (35 11/16 × 27 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.22.50.a-d


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Brandywine Workshop and Archives, Philadelphia; gifted to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

a) "pamela phatsimo sunstrum 2.1/16 2010" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand.
b) "pamela phatsimo sunstrum 7.2/16 2010" upper right margin, graphite, artist's hand.
c) "pamela phatsimo sunstrum 5.3/16 2010" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand.
d) "pamela phatsimo sunstrum 7.4/16 2010" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand.

Markings

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Watermarks

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