Self-Portrait

probably 1907/1909

Gwen John

Artist, British, 1876 - 1939

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Roy and Cecily Langdale Davis); acquired 1991 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1992

  • Dürer to Diebenkorn: Recent Acquisitions of Art of Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992, no. 64.

1998

  • In Her Voice: Self-Portraits by Women, Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College, Collegeville, 1998-1999.

Bibliography

1976

  • d'Offay, Anthony. Gwen John, London: 1976, 21.

1991

  • Davis & Langdale, Gwen John, NY: 2/26-3/23/91, 3.

Inscriptions

lower right stamped: Gwen John (estate stamp); by later hand, lower left in graphite: E.J. 515 (estate number)

Wikidata ID

Q64572816

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