Self Portrait

© Elli Marcus

Self Portrait

On view

Print and Drawings
Howard Mele Gallery

Self Portrait,

1931

Elli Marcus, 1899–1977; born Berlin, Germany; died New York, NY
x1976-207
Celebrated for her publicity portraits of Marlene Dietrich and other Hollywood movie stars, Marcus had established herself in Berlin by 1918 as a fashion and advertising photographer. She created this self-portrait two years before Hitler’s seizure of power in 1933 and her subsequent emigration, first to Paris and then to New York and Los Angeles.

Information

Title
Self Portrait
Dates

1931

Maker
Elli Marcus
Medium
Platinum print
Dimensions
21.8 × 25.7 cm (8 9/16 × 10 1/8 in.) mount: 22.5 × 26.3 cm (8 7/8 × 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, David H. McAlpin, Class of 1920, Fund
Object Number
x1976-207
Place Made

Europe, Germany

Culture
American
Type
photographs
Materials
platinum prints
Subject
faces, portraits, women

The artist. [The Witkin Gallery, Inc., New York, after 1930]; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 1976.

Self Portrait, 1931

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