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Kerry James Marshall
A Portrait of the Artist as a Shadow of His Former Self1980

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Artist or Maker
Kerry James Marshall
United States, Alabama, Birmingham, born 1955
Title
A Portrait of the Artist as a Shadow of His Former Self
Date Made
1980
Medium
Egg tempera on paper
Dimensions
8 × 6 1/2 in. (20.32 × 16.51 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Steven and Deborah Lebowitz
Accession Number
M.2025.26
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Kerry James Marshall: History of Painting. New York: David Zwirner Books, 2019.
  • Kim, Christine Y., and Liz Andrews. Black American Portraits. Los Angeles: LACMA, 2021.
  • Kim, Christine Y., and Myrtle Elizabeth Andrews, editors. Black American Portraits: From the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books-D.A.P., 2023.
  • Brathwaite, Peter. Rediscovering Black Portraiture. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2023.
  • Buchloh, Benjamin H.D. "Radical Pragmatism: A Conversation with Kerry James Marshall." October no.194 (2025): 68-80.