Self-Portrait in Profile
Date1959
Maker
Marcel Duchamp
French, (active in the United States), 1887 - 1968
Label TextMarcel Duchamp, the pioneer of the Dada movement, gives this late self-portrait an innovative twist. He makes the image by silk-screening the negative space in blue and allowing the color of the paper to form the shape of the silhouette.
Object number2000.163
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "First Person Singular" May 31, 2001 - March 17, 2002 (5/31/2001 - 3/17/2002)Credit LineGift of Robert Shapazian
Dimensions25 7/8 x 19 15/16 in. (65.7 x 50.6 cm)
MediumSerigraph in blue ink on black paper
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