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John Brill
Self-Portrait, Paterson, New Jersey1981

Not on view
Black and white photograph of a motion-blurred figure in a white jacket running past dark freight cars labeled "SOUTHERN 606133", with a grainy, high-contrast quality

John Brill, Self-Portrait, Paterson, New Jersey, 1981, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
John Brill
United States, born 1951
Title
Self-Portrait, Paterson, New Jersey
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1981
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 4 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. (11.5 × 16.51 cm) Primary support: 4 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. (11.5 × 16.51 cm) Secondary support: 7 × 9 in. (17.78 × 22.86 cm) Mat: 12 7/8 × 14 7/8 in. (32.7 × 37.8 cm)
Credit Line
The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection
Accession Number
AC1992.197.23
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Sobieszek, Robert and Deborah Irmas. the camera i: Photographic Self-Portraits from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection. Los Angeles: The Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1994.
Copyright
© John Brill