Joseph Stella

Self-Portrait
c. 1940

Pencil and watercolor illustration of a bald man in profile with a solemn expression, set against a muted blue and gray background. The artist's signature is visible in the lower right corner.
Pencil and watercolor illustration of a bald man in profile with a solemn expression, set against a muted blue and gray background. The artist's signature is visible in the lower right corner.

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Date
c. 1940

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil, metalpoint and transparent and opaque watercolor on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 22 × 16 1/2in. (55.9 × 41.9 cm)

Accession number
2007.212

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Theodore B. Donson

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Joseph Stella
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