Self Portrait

circa 1915
Fussell, Katherine Barker

Object Details

TITLE:
Self Portrait
DATE:
circa 1915
MEDIUM:
Oil on canvas
DIMENSIONS:
28" x 24"
CREDIT LINE:
Gift from the Estate of the Artist, 1999

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Description

Donning a brilliant vermillion dress, Katherine Fussell’s Self Portrait easily captures the attention. In it, she directs a sidelong glance at the viewer. The space behind her exists abstractedly, drifting through colors and in and out of a pattern, as striking lightning from the left -artist’s right- intensified the drama of the work. 

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