Self-Portrait

Accession Number
2020/2.59

Title
Self-Portrait

Artist(s)
Erich Heckel

Artist Nationality
German (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
1917

Medium & Support
woodcut print on paper

Dimensions
25 1/2 x 21 in. (64.77 x 53.34 cm);14 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (36.83 x 29.21 cm)

Credit Line
Bequest of Virginia Stein

Physical Description
A black and white image of a male figure from the collarbones upward. The figure looks toward the viewer's left and has short dark hair with a receding hairline and prominent widow's peak. There is a potted plant behind the figure's right shoulder. 

Primary Object Classification
Print

Primary Object Type
portrait

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

Rights
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