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Autoportrait Day 262~ Lois Mailou Jones

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

American artist and educator Lois Mailou Jones (1905-1998)

1. Self Portrait, N/D / Painting / Location?

2. Self Portrait, 1940 / Casein on board / Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC

3. Under the Influence of the Masters, 1939 / Gray-wash watercolor / Front page of the Negro History Bulletin, Volume 2, issue 7
“A year later [1940], Jones produced an oil self-portrait with the same short hairstyle as the anonymous painter in the [Negro History Bulletin] watercolor, in a similar smock and collared shirt, suggesting she also had depicted herself in the earlier work.”

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Autoportrait Day 238~ Dorr Bothwell

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

American artist, designer, and educator Dorr Bothwell (1902-2000)

Self-Portrait with Tattoos, Samoa, 1928 / Watercolor and ink on paper / Private collection

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More Dorr Bothwell self-portraits at the The Archive of the Mendocino Heritage Artists:
https://www.williamzacha.com/artists/dorr-bothwell/db-art/db-self-portraits/

Autoportrait Day 229~ Tetyana Yablonska

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

Ukrainian painter and teacher Tetyana Nilivna Yablonska (1917-2005)

1. Self-portrait, 1945 / Oil on canvas/ National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv

2. Self-portrait in Ukrainian Costume, 1946 / Oil on canvas/ National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv

3. Self-portrait, 1995 / Oil on canvas / Private collection

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Autoportrait Day 203~ Emma Amos

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Artist, educator, and activist Emma Amos (1937-2020)

1. Without Feather Boa, 1965 / Etching and aquatint / Various locations, including Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC

2. Self-Portrait, 1982 / Etching, drawing, and Xerox / Reproduced in Heresies: A Feminist Publication on Art & Politics 4, no. 3, issue 15

3. Tightrope, 1994 / Acrylic on canvas with African fabric borders and photo transfer / Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota

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Autoportrait Day 176~ Louise Jopling

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Painter, writer, and educator Louise Jopling (1843-1933)

1. Self Portrait of Artist at Easel, 1875 / Oil on Canvas / Private collection

2. Self-portrait No 2 in Red, 1875/1878 / Oil on panel / Private collection

3. Self Portrait, 1877 / Oil on panel / Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, UK

4. Self-Portrait No. 4, 1888 / Pastel on paper / Jopling family collection
Unfortunately, the only image I could find was a small one in a pdf file: http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/146789/1/146789.pdf

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Autoportrait Day 155~ Deana Lawson

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Artist, educator, and photographer Deana Lawson (born 1979)

1. Deana Lawson Self-Portrait (detail), 2012 / Photograph / Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York

2. Deana Lawson Self-Portrait, 2021 / Photograph / Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York

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