Howard Cook

Self Portrait
1929

Pencil drawing of a self-portrait featuring a person's face partially obscured by a shelf with books and objects, including a scroll and an apple. The artwork is signed and dated, with the title "Self Portrait" handwritten at the bottom.
Pencil drawing of a self-portrait featuring a person's face partially obscured by a shelf with books and objects, including a scroll and an apple. The artwork is signed and dated, with the title "Self Portrait" handwritten at the bottom.

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Date
1929

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph with chine-collé

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 5/8 × 12 7/16in. (27 × 31.6 cm) Image: 8 1/2 × 10 3/16in. (21.6 × 25.9 cm)

Accession number
96.68.47

Edition
Ed. 40

Publication
Printed by Atelier Desjobert

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

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Howard Cook

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Howard Cook
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