Self-Portrait of the Artist
Photo Credit: photo: M. Cook
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Self-Portrait of the Artist
195520th century
411 x 316 mm (16.2 x 12.4 in.)
Georges Braque, French, (1882–1963)
Object Type:
drawing
Medium and Support:
Pen and ink drawing on white board
Marks:
Signed in ink, lower center: “Ce n’est pas moi/C’est lui/G. Braque/1955”
Provenance / Collectors' Marks:
Galerie Isy Brachot fils, Brussels; purchased from Galerie Isy Brachot fils by the donor’s parents, Joan and Lester Avnet, in 1965; gift to the donor; gift to the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, 1994.
Bibliography:
Michel Cot, “La glace à deux faces”; see donor file for certification of authenticity from Isy Brachot 4 August 1965, which was taped to reverse of original frame backing; see photograph of Braque, ca. 1958, inscribed by artist in same hand, in René Char, Georges Braque (Geneva, 1958), frontispiece.
Credit Line:
Gift of Rosalind Avnet Lazarus (mother of Edward Lazarus, BA Wesleyan 1995), 1994
Accession Number:
1994.20.1
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This object has the following keywords:
- artist portraits
- portraits - Representations of real individuals that are intended to capture a known or supposed likeness; for representations of fictional or mythological characters, use "figures (representations)." [March 1993 lead-in term added. April 1991 descriptor m
- printmaker portraits
- self-portraits
Dimensions
- sheet Dimensions: 411 x 316 mm (16.2 x 12.4 in.)
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Credit Caption
Georges Braque, French, (1882–1963) . Self-Portrait of the Artist, 1955. Pen and ink drawing on white board. sheet : 411 x 316 mm (16.2 x 12.4 in.). DAC accession number 1994.20.1. Gift of Rosalind Avnet Lazarus (mother of Edward Lazarus, BA Wesleyan 1995), 1994. (photo: M. Cook) .
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