Self-Portrait: Vertical Motion Up, Medium

1983

Blythe Bohnen

Associated Names
Blythe Bohnen

Artist, American, 1940 - 2022

The image shows the upper part of a person's torso, with the shoulders and neck visible, but no discernible clothing or objects. The person is facing forward, but their head and facial features are heavily blurred. The background is plain and featureless.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Herbert and Paula Molner

  • Dimensions

    image: 38 x 47.8 cm (14 15/16 x 18 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 40.6 x 50.4 cm (16 x 19 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1992.75.8

  • Series Title

    Self-Portraits: Studies in Motion

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Herbert and Paula Molner, Highland Park, IL; Gift to NGA, 1992.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • The Serial Portrait: Photography and Identity in the Last One Hundred Years: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, September 30–December 31, 2012

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Blythe Bohnen; lower left: Self-Portrait: Vertical motion up, medium 1983

Wikidata ID

Q64145453

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