Self-Portrait
c. 1929
Joseph Stella
Artist, American, 1877 - 1946
Artwork overview
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Medium
colored pencil, watercolor over wax resist, metalpoint, and graphite on prepared wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 55.6 x 40 cm (21 7/8 x 15 3/4 in.)
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Accession Number
1997.26.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Sergio Stella; (Rabin and Krueger, Newark, New Jersey); Herbert A. Goldstone, New York; (ACA Gallery, New York); purchased 1997 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1943
Stella, ACA Gallery, New York, 1943, no. 21.
1959
Portraits by Joseph Stella, Zabriski Gallery, New York, 1959, no. 19.
1963
Joseph Stella, Whitney Museum, New York, 1963, no. 57.
1997
Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 129.
2001
A Century of Drawing, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002, no. 57.
2022
Joseph Stella: Visionary Nature, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, the Brandywine River Museum of Art, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania (only shown at the Norton Museum of Art), 2022-2023, plate no. 3, repro.
Bibliography
1971
Baur, John I. H. Joseph Stella. New York, 1971: 51, fig. 82.
2001
A Century of Drawing. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002: no. 57.
2022
Heydt, Stephanie Mayer, Roberts, Ellen E., Wurzelbacher, Karli R., Merjian, Ara H., and Lewis, Audrey M. Joseph Stella: Visionary Nature. Exh. cat. Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, the Brandywine River Museum of Art, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, 2022-2023: 69, plate no. 3.
Inscriptions
lower right in graphite: Joseph Stella
Watermarks
Strathmore
Wikidata ID
Q64591373