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Esther Bubley
Self-Portrait, Bus Story1947

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Black and white photograph taken from inside a vehicle, a circular side mirror reflecting a person holding a camera with mouth open, set against an overcast sky

Esther Bubley, Self-Portrait, Bus Story, 1947, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Esther Bubley
United States, 1921-1998
Title
Self-Portrait, Bus Story
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1947
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 6 1/4 × 9 5/16 in. (15.88 × 23.65 cm) Primary support: 6 1/4 × 9 5/16 in. (15.88 × 23.65 cm) Secondary support: 8 × 11 1/2 in. (20.32 × 29.21 cm) Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.64 × 50.8 cm)
Credit Line
The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection
Accession Number
AC1992.197.24
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.
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