Self-Portrait: Pivotal Motion, Small; Vertical Motion Up, Small

1983

Blythe Bohnen

Associated Names
Blythe Bohnen

Artist, American, 1940 - 2022

The image displays an upper body, focusing on the head and shoulders of a person facing the camera. The individual's facial features are blurred, and their dark medium-length hair frames the face. They are unclothed from the shoulders up, revealing part of the neck and upper chest. There are no visible articles of clothing, jewelry, or objects being held. The background is plain and light in color.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Herbert and Paula Molner

  • Dimensions

    image: 38 x 47.9 cm (14 15/16 x 18 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 40.7 x 50.5 cm (16 x 19 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1992.75.11

  • 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: Pivotal motion, small; Vertical motion up, small 1983

Wikidata ID

Q64145458

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