Self-Portrait: Horizontal Elliptical Motion, Small

1974

Blythe Bohnen

Associated Names
Blythe Bohnen

Artist, American, 1940 - 2022

The image depicts an individual facing the camera, with the main focus on their blurred face and shoulders. The hair is slicked back, and no clothing is visible on the bare shoulders. The background is a light-colored wall. No jewelry or objects are discernible in the image due to the blurring effect.
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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: 40.6 x 50.5 cm (16 x 19 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1992.75.13

  • 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: Horizontal elliptical motion, small 1974

Wikidata ID

Q64145470

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