Self-Portrait

1895

Henri Rousseau

Artist, French, 1844 - 1910

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink on brown wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    overall: 13.6 x 10 cm (5 3/8 x 3 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.47.66

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Certigny 1984, no. 107

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Edmond Girard (called Coutances), 1895-1927; (Paul Rosenberg, Paris); Senator Antonia Santamarina [born c. 1880], Buenos Aires; (sale, London, Sotheby's, 3 April 1973, no. 30); Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1923

  • Probably Henri Rousseau, Pierre Rosenberg, Paris, June 1923, no. 24.

1999

  • An Enduring Legacy: Masterpieces from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999-2000.

Bibliography

1923

  • Probably Catalogue Rosenberg, 1923.

1926

  • Léger, Charles. in Le Figaro. Paris, 20 November 1926.

1927

  • Soupault, Philippe. Henri Rousseau le Douanier. Paris, 1927: 12.

1946

  • Rich, Daniel Catton. in Henri Rousseau. New York, 1946: 22.

1948

  • Uhde, Wilhelm. in Henri Rousseau. Lausanne, 1948.

1961

  • Vallier, Dora. Henri Rousseau. Paris and Cologne, 1961: no. 6.

  • Certigny, Henry. La Vérité sur le Douanier Rousseau. Paris, 1961: 156-159.

1969

  • Vallier, Dora. in L'Opera completa di Rousseau il Doganiere. Milan, 1969: 83.

1971

  • Certigny, Henry. La Vérité sur la Douanier Rousseau. addenda no. 2, Lausanne and Paris, 1971: 75-78.

1979

  • Vallier, Dora. Henri Rousseau. New York, 1979: 8 (repr.).

1980

  • Kusano, Shinpei. Ruso. Tokyo, 1980.

1982

  • Le Pichon, Yann. Monde du douanier Rousseau. New York, 1982.

1984

  • Le douanier Rousseau. Exh. cat. Grand Palais, Paris and tour, 1984-1985, 104 (illustrated within chronology).

  • Certigny, Henry. Le Douanier Rousseau en son temps: biographie et catalogue raisonné. Tokyo: Bunkazai Kenkyujyo Co., Ltd., 1984.

1991

  • Stabenow, Cornelia. Henri Rousseau 1844-1910. Cologne, 1991: 8.

Inscriptions

lower right in pen and brown ink: H. Rousseau; by later hand(?), lower right in graphite: H. Rousseau

Wikidata ID

Q64573674

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