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Self Portrait

Artist (American, 1879 - 1963)
Date1955
Mediumoil on panel
DimensionsImage (Panel): 18 3/8 × 14 1/4 inches (46.7 × 36.2 cm)
Image (Sight): 17 5/8 × 13 9/16 inches (44.8 × 34.4 cm)
Frame: 26 13/16 × 22 3/4 × 2 3/8 inches (68.1 × 57.8 × 6 cm)
Credit LineGift in memory of Helene Kleiser Kafka from the Estate of Lorentz Kafka, 2025
Object number2025.3.1
ClassificationsPaintings
DescriptionVertical oil painting of a male human. The figure has thin metal framed glasses and is wearing a brown collared shirt with a cream tie. His hair is white and he has a receeding hairline.
ProvenanceArtist [1879-1963]; by inheritance to his daughter Helene Kleiser Kafka; by inheritance to her son Lorentz Kafka [1935-2023]; by inheritance to Michael McDowell, East Greenbush, NY; gifted March 24, 2025 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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