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.