Self Portrait with Pencils

photo: Kevin W. Burns

Self Portrait with Pencils

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Self Portrait with Pencils,

ca. 1950

Paul Cadmus, 1904–1999; born New York, NY; died Weston, CT
L.2025.22.1

Information

Title
Self Portrait with Pencils
Dates

ca. 1950

Maker
Paul Cadmus
Medium
Colored pencil
Dimensions
45.4 × 33.7 cm (17 7/8 × 13 1/4 in.) frame: 68.6 × 55.9 cm (27 × 22 in.)
Credit Line
Promised gift of Christopher Forbes, Class of 1972, in honor of Malcolm S. Forbes, Class of 1942
Object Number
L.2025.22.1
Signatures
Signed lower right: Cadmus
Culture
American
Type
drawings
Subject
portraits, figures (representations)

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