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Autoportrait Day 153~ Gertrude Abercrombie

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

American surrealist Gertrude Abercrombie (1909-1977)

1. Self-Portrait, 1934 / Oil on board / Private collection

2. Cat & I, 1936 / Woodcut on paper / Various collections, including National Portrait Gallery, DC

3. Self and Cat (Possims), 1953 / Oil on Canvas / Private collection

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Autoportrait Day 150~ Catherine Murphy

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

American realist painter Catherine Murphy (born 1946)

1. Self-Portrait, 1970 / Oil on canvas / Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Massachusetts

2. Self Portrait at Easel, 1973 / Oil on canvas / Private collection

3. Still Life, Self Portrait, Landscape; 1976 / Lithograph /
Various collections, including Art Institute of Chicago, IL

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Autoportrait Day 149~ Sister Gertrude Morgan

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

Self-taught artist and missionary Sister Gertrude Morgan (1900-1980)

1. Self Portrait/Revelations, 1965 / Mixed media on paper / Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA

2. Self Portrait Drawing with poem on back, ND / Mixed media / Private collection

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Autoportrait Day 148~ Wendy Red Star

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

Apsáalooke multimedia artist Wendy Red Star (born 1981)

The Four Seasons series, 2006 / Archival pigment prints on paper
Various collections, including Asheville Art Museum, North Carolina

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Autoportrait Day 147~ Sophie Taeuber-Arp

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

Swiss artist and designer Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889-1943)

1. Head [possible self-portrait], 1920 / Oil on wood with glass beads on wire / MoMA, NYC

2. “Self Portrait with Dada Head” [Photo: Nic Aluf], 1920 / Gelatin silver print / SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
[MoMA also refers to this as a self portrait]

3. Self-portrait, Strasbourg, 1926 / Photograph / Stiftung Arp e.V., Berlin, Germany

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