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Josef Breitenbach
Self-Portrait, N.Y.circa 1947

Not on view
Circular sepia-toned photograph of a man in glasses holding a vintage camera, overlaid with black ink splatters and gestural hand-drawn marks

Josef Breitenbach, Self-Portrait, N.Y., circa 1947, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Josef Breitenbach
Germany, active United States, 1896-1984
Title
Self-Portrait, N.Y.
Place Made
United States
Date Made
circa 1947
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 10 1/4 in. (26.04 cm) Primary support: 10 1/4 in. (26.04 cm) Secondary support: 14 × 14 in. (35.56 × 35.56 cm) Mat: 21 7/8 × 17 7/8 in. (55.56 × 45.4 cm)
Credit Line
The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection
Accession Number
AC1992.197.22
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
© Josef Breitenbach Trust, New York