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Jo Davidson
Self-Portrait1946

Not on view
Dark brown patinated bronze bust of a bearded older man with deeply textured, expressive modeling and rough, unfinished shoulders
Artist or Maker
Jo Davidson
Title
Self-Portrait
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1946
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
Height: 19 1/4 inches (49 cm) with socle
Credit Line
Gift of Maury P. Leibovitz
Accession Number
M.83.206.9
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Curatorial Notes
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).
Selected 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.