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Collections

Tato
Self-Portrait1923

Not on view
Sepia-toned portrait photograph of a white-skinned man in theatrical clown makeup and striped costume, holding both hands up beside his grinning face, wearing large hoop earrings and a wrapped cloth hat
Artist or Maker
Tato
Italy, Emilia, 1896-1974
Title
Self-Portrait
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
1923
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 4 × 5 7/8 in. (10.2 × 14.9 cm) Primary support: 4 × 5 7/8 in. (10.2 × 14.9 cm) Secondary support: 7 × 9 in. (17.8 × 22.8 cm) Mat: 12 1/2 × 15 in. (31.75 × 38.1 cm)
Credit Line
The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection
Accession Number
AC1992.197.124
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.
Selected Exhibition History
  • Imagining the Modern Self: Photographs from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection. September 29, 2012 - January 21, 2013
  • Imagining the Modern Self: Photographs from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection. September 29, 2012 - January 21, 2013