Skip to main content
Collections Menu
SAM'S collection
Image Not Available for Self-Portrait on the Train, Germany
Self-Portrait on the Train, Germany
Image Not Available for Self-Portrait on the Train, Germany

Self-Portrait on the Train, Germany

Date1992
Maker Nan Goldin (born Nancy Goldin) American, born 1953, Washington; lives and works in Paris, and New York
Object number2021.7.3
ProvenanceThe artist; [Fraenkel Gallery, New York]; purchased from gallery by William H. Gates, Seattle, Washington, 1997; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2021
Exhibition HistoryNew York, New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Nan Goldin: I'll Be Your Mirror, Oct. 3, 1996 - Jan. 5, 1997 (Wolfsburg, Germany, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg; Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Stedelijk Museum; Winterthur, Switzerland, Fotomuseum Winterthur). Reproduced pl. 350-351 and cover. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Anne Gerber Biennial: 2000 1/2: going forward looking back, May 8 - Aug. 4, 2000. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, SAM at 75: Building a Collection for Seattle, May 5 - Sept. 9, 2007 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, First Person Singular, May 31, 2001 - Mar. 17, 2002. Published ReferencesIshikawa, Chiyo, ed. "A Community of Collectors: 75th Anniversary Gifts to the Seattle Art Museum." Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 2007, illus. p. 118
Credit LineGift of William H. Gates, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
Dimensions28 1/2 x 41 1/8 in. (72.4 x 104.5cm)
MediumCibachrome print
Nancy Lee Katz
1986, printed 2018
Object number: 2025.14.14
Nancy Lee Katz
July 2003, printed 2018
Object number: 2025.14.3
Nancy Lee Katz
July 1992, printed 2018
Object number: 2025.14.6
Nancy Lee Katz
1993, printed 2018-2020
Object number: 2025.14.12
Nancy Lee Katz
July 22, 1994, printed 2018
Object number: 2025.14.9
Nancy Lee Katz
December 10, 2001, printed 2018
Object number: 2025.14.1
Nancy Lee Katz
1995, printed 2018
Object number: 2025.14.15
Nancy Lee Katz
July 24, 1996, printed 2018
Object number: 2025.14.4
Nancy Lee Katz
October 1991, printed 2019
Object number: 2025.14.7
Nancy Lee Katz
April 3, 1987, printed 2018
Object number: 2025.14.10
Nancy Lee Katz
1993, printed 2018
Object number: 2025.14.13
Nancy Lee Katz
June 23, 1989, printed 2018
Object number: 2025.14.2