Self Portrait

1967

Andy Warhol American, 1928-1987

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About the Artwork

The close-up view of his own face in this pair of self-portraits is a dead giveaway of a cheap photo booth. The rapt attention and the fingers touching his mouth are a mannerism borrowed from the poses matinee idols struck in the 1940s. The colors are chosen with pure indulgence. Despite those affectations, the artist allows us a glimpse of himself as an intensely private individual who hides behind his public persona.

Title Self Portrait

Artwork Date 1967

Artist Andy Warhol

Life Dates 1928-1987

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. American

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Medium Screenprint in paint on canvas

Dimensions Unframed: 72 × 72 in. (182.9 × 182.9 cm) Framed: 72 1/4 × 72 1/4 × 1 3/8 inches (183.5 × 183.5 × 3.5 cm)

Classification Paintings

Department Contemporary Art after 1950

Credit Founders Society Purchase, Friends of Modern Art Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 68.292.1

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Provenance

1967, the artist (New York, New York, USA);
(Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, New York, USA);
1968-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Cummings, F.J., and Elam, C.H., eds. The Detroit Institute of Arts Illustrated Handbook. Detroit, 1971, p. 187.

Bulletin of the DIA 50, no. 4 (1971): 61, 63–69 (ill.).

Billeter, Erika and David Bourden. "Andy Warhol: ein Buch zur Ausstellung im Kunsthaus Zurich.” Bern, 1978, cat. no. 69.

Ratcliff, Carter. Andy Warhol. Vol. 4, New York, 1983, p. 94, no. 93.

Christie, Manson, and Woods. "Andy Warhol: The Series of 72-Inch Self-Portraits." In Post-War and Contemporary Art: Evening Auction. London, 2011, pp. 58–65.

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© 2005 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Restricted Contact: Artists Rights Society (ARS) 65 Bleecker Street, 12th Floor New York, NY 10012 Tel: 212-420-9160 | Fax: 212-420-9286 Email: info@arsny.com

Andy Warhol, Self Portrait, 1967, screenprint in paint on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Friends of Modern Art Fund, 68.292.1.