Self-Portrait

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Self-Portrait

1929

Isabel Villaseñor (Mexican, 1909–1953)

Isabel Villaseñor made self-portraits in a variety of media, including woodcuts. Parallel to the surface of the block and the sheet, her face is constructed of a simplified and striking vocabulary of line and plane that adopts the flatness of the block for both hair and background. It reads as both mask-like and transparent, asking us to consider the limits of representation.

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Object Details

Title:

Self-Portrait

Date:

1929

Artist:

Isabel Villaseñor (Mexican, 1909–1953)

Medium:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

Block: 7 1/2 x 6 9/16 inches (19 x 16.7 cm) Sheet: 8 1/8 x 7 5/16inches (20.6 x 18.6cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Gift of Carl Zigrosser, 1972

Accession Number:

1972-145-137

Geography:

Made in Mexico, North and Central America Printed in Mexico City, Mexico, North and Central America

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