Lamar Baker

Self Portrait with Cotton Plant
1940

A detailed black and white lithograph featuring a portrait of a bespectacled man with slicked-back hair, superimposed on a background of various plants and flowers. The artwork has a vintage feel, and there is text at the bottom indicating the title and artist's signature.
A detailed black and white lithograph featuring a portrait of a bespectacled man with slicked-back hair, superimposed on a background of various plants and flowers. The artwork has a vintage feel, and there is text at the bottom indicating the title and artist's signature.

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Date
1940

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 16 × 11 7/8in. (40.6 × 30.2 cm) Image: 11 7/8 × 9 1/16in. (30.2 × 23 cm)

Accession number
96.68.9

Series
Cotton Series

Edition
Ed. 15

Publication
Printed by Will Barnet

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The Lauder Foundation, Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Fund

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Lamar Baker
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