Self-Portrait

© Jo Davidson Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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Self-Portrait

United States, 1946
Sculpture
Bronze
Height: 19 1/4 inches (49 cm) with socle
Gift of Maury P. Leibovitz (M.83.206.9)
Modern Art
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

The sculptor was a powerful and commanding figure. For his self-portrait he modeled his massive head in large, solid forms....
The sculptor was a powerful and commanding figure. For his self-portrait he modeled his massive head in large, solid forms. His innate energy is conveyed through the turn of the head, a device not typical of Davidson’s portraits. The National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., owns a cast of this self-portrait, as does the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (also possibly posthumous).
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Bibliography

  • Fort, Ilene Susan and Michael Quick.  American Art:  a Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection.  Los Angeles:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991.