Monthly Archives: April 2022

Autoportrait Day 109~ Betye Saar

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A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

Assemblage artist and printmaker Betye Saar (born 1926)

1. Anticipation, 1961 / Screenprint / Various collections, including MoMA, NYC

2. Black Girl’s Window, 1969 / Assemblage / Museum of Modern Art, NYC

3. Mystic Sky with Self-Portrait, 1992 / Color offset lithograph and collage
Various collections, including RISD Museum, Providence, RI

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Autoportrait Day 107~ Florine Stettheimer

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A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

Painter, poet, and designer Florine Stettheimer (1871-1944)

1. Self-Portrait with Paradise Birds, ND / Oil on canvas / Avery Library, Columbia University, NYC

2. Self-Portrait with Palette (Painter and Faun), ND / Oil on canvas / Avery Library, Columbia University, NYC

3. Portrait of Myself, 1923 / Oil on canvas laid on board / Avery Library, Columbia University, NYC

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Autoportrait Day 106~ Alison Mason Kingsbury

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A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

American artist and educator Alison Mason Kingsbury (1898-1988)

1. Self-portrait, 1926 / Oil painting / Cornell University Library Digital Collections

2. Self-portrait, 1920 / Watercolor and graphite pencil / Cornell University Library Digital Collections

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Autoportrait Day 102~ Malvina Hoffman

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A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

American sculptor and author Malvina Hoffman (1887-1966)

1. Self-Portrait, 1929 / Plaster with nails / New-York Historical Society, NYC

2. Self-Portrait, 1929 / Limestone / Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC

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Autoportrait Day 101~ Susan Macdowell Eakins

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A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

American painter and photographer Susan Macdowell Eakins (1851-1938)

1. Self-Portrait, c.1925 / Oil on canvas mounted to panel
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2. Self-Portrait, 1935 / Oil on fabric, mounted on masonite
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

3. Self-portrait in a gingham dress, c.1884, Circle of Eakins
(attributed to Susan Macdowell Eakins) / Albumen print / PAFA

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