Louise Nevelson

Self Portrait

1946

Abstract painting of a person with long dark hair, wearing a blue shirt and necklace, with distorted facial features.
Abstract painting of a person with long dark hair, wearing a blue shirt and necklace, with distorted facial features.

Louise Nevelson, Self Portrait, 1946. Oil on linen, overall: 42 × 30 in. (106.7 × 76.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist 69.162. ©Estate of Louise Nevelson/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Date
1946

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on linen

Dimensions
Overall: 42 × 30 in. (106.7 × 76.2 cm)

Accession number
69.162

Credit line
Gift of the artist

Rights and reproductions
©Estate of Louise Nevelson/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/1122



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