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Berenice Abbott
Portrait of the Author as a Young Woman1930, printed circa 1951

Not on view
Black and white close-up portrait photograph of a pale-skinned person with short dark hair, large light eyes, and dark lips, chin resting on hand
Artist or Maker
Berenice Abbott
United States, 1898-1991
Title
Portrait of the Author as a Young Woman
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1930, printed circa 1951
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 8 13/16 × 7 1/8 in. (22.38 × 18.1 cm) Primary support: 9 3/8 × 7 1/2 in. (23.81 × 19.05 cm) Mat: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 60.96 cm) Frame: 24 × 20 × 2 in. (60.96 × 50.8 × 5.08 cm)
Credit Line
The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection
Accession Number
AC1992.197.1
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Irmas, Deborah. This Is Not a Selfie: Photographic Self-Portraits from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.
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