Self-Portrait in Profile

1959

French, (active in the United States), 1887 - 1968

Marcel 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.

Serigraph in blue ink on black paper

25 7/8 x 19 15/16 in. (65.7 x 50.6 cm)

Gift of Robert Shapazian

2000.163

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "First Person Singular" May 31, 2001 - March 17, 2002 (5/31/2001 - 3/17/2002)

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