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Collections

El Lissitzky [Lazar Markovich Lisitsky]
Self-Portrait1928

Not on view
Sepia-toned photograph of a man in a knit sweater leaning over a large printed poster of an older bearded man, with a small globe positioned between them
Artist or Maker
El Lissitzky [Lazar Markovich Lisitsky]
Russia, 1890-1941
Title
Self-Portrait
Date Made
1928
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 7 1/8 × 6 3/4 in. (18.1 × 17.15 cm) Primary support: 7 1/8 × 6 3/4 in. (18.1 × 17.15 cm) Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.64 cm) Frame: 20 × 16 × 1 in. (50.8 × 40.64 × 2.54 cm)
Credit Line
The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection
Accession Number
M.2009.99.1
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Irmas, Deborah. This Is Not a Selfie: Photographic Self-Portraits from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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