Charles G. Shaw

Self Portrait
c. 1930

A cubist portrait painting of a man with a mustache, featuring geometric shapes and multiple colors on his face, with a dark suit and a patterned tie. The background consists of abstract green shapes. The artist's signature is visible in the upper right corner.

A cubist portrait painting of a man with a mustache, featuring geometric shapes and multiple colors on his face, with a dark suit and a patterned tie. The background consists of abstract green shapes. The artist's signature is visible in the upper right corner.

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Date
c. 1930

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on canvas

Dimensions
Overall: 24 × 20in. (61 × 50.8 cm)

Accession number
2022.85

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Charles H. Carpenter, Jr.

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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artworks/9296

Exhibitions

At the Dawn of a New Age: Early Twentieth-Century American Modernism

May 7, 2022–Feb 26, 2023

Charles G. Shaw
12 works in the collection

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