Self Portrait, 1964

  • Hughie Lee-Smith, American, 1915 - 1999

Oil on canvas

  • 17 3/16 inches × 13 1/8 inches × 2 inches (43.7 × 33.4 × 5.1 cm) Unframed: 16 1/16 × 11 15/16 × 13/16 inches (40.8 × 30.3 × 2.1 cm)

Gift of Charles Feinberg

F76.109

Signed, lower left: Lee-Smith

Signed and dated in black, lower left: Lee-Smith | '64

1976-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Hughie Lee-Smith, Self Portrait, 1964, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Charles Feinberg, F76.109.