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Duane Michals
Self-Portrait As If I Were Dead1968, printed later

Not on view
Black and white photograph mounted on white mat showing two figures appearing to be the same bald white man — one lying bare-chested on a draped table, one standing with arms crossed, looking down; handwritten title above, cursive signature below
Artist or Maker
Duane Michals
United States, Pennsylvania, born 1932
Title
Self-Portrait As If I Were Dead
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1968, printed later
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image (sight): 4 7/8 × 7 3/8 in. (12.38 × 18.7 cm) Primary support: 8 × 10 in. (20.32 × 25.4 cm) Secondary support: 12 1/2 × 14 7/8 in. (31.75 × 37.78 cm) Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.64 × 50.8 cm)
Credit Line
The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection
Accession Number
AC1992.197.92
Classification
Drawings
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.