A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries
Canadian Inuk artist Pitaloosie Saila (1942-2021)

Self Portrait as a young woman, 2003 / Lithograph and stencil on paper / Private collection

Self Portrait as a young woman, 2003 / Lithograph and stencil on paper / Private collection

1. Self-portrait, 1929 / Oil on cardboard / Dresden State Art Collections, Germany

2. Self-portrait, 1931 / Oil on plywood / Private collection

3. Montage of self-portraits, various dates / B&W photographs / Various locations

4. Self-portrait with helmet, 1971 / Painting / Dresden State Art Collections, Germany


2. Richly Dressed Woman (possibly a self-portrait), 1633 / Painting on canvas / Location unknown

Self-Portrait with Cat, 1957 / Oil on canvas / Private collection

Self-portrait, 2005 / C–type print / From the series ‘Cui Cui’, Edition of 6

1. Self-Portrait with Her Daughter Julie, 1786 / Oil on wood / Musée du Louvre, Paris, France

2. Self-Portrait with Her Daughter Julie, 1789 / Oil on wood / Musée du Louvre, Paris, France

Self-Portrait, 1969 / Bronze relief / National Academy of Design, NYC

1. Rice n Peas, 1982 / Oil on canvas / Private collection

2. Missionary Position II, 1985 / Watercolor, pastel, and crayon on paper / Tate, UK

3. She Ain’t Holding Them Up, She’s Holding On (Some English Rose), 1986
Oil and pastel on paper / Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, UK

Self-Portrait, c.1818 / Oil on canvas / National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, DC

Self-Portrait with Family, 1865 / Oil on canvas / Jose Mayora Souza Collection, Mexico