Image

RISDM 2011-110-43.tif

Kiki Smith

Untitled (Self Portrait)

Description

Maker

Kiki Smith (American, b. Germany, b. 1954)

Title

Untitled (Self Portrait)

Year

1996

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Dimensions

Image: 22.6 x 15.2 cm (8 7/8 x 6 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Sticker on verso with Kiki Smith signature and year 1996.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Glenn Gissler

Object Number

2011.110.43

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Heads Up! Recent Gifts to the Collection
Jul 31, 2015 – Jan 10, 2016

Label copy

In this photograph, the artist is seen in the studio with exposed breasts, lower body clad in utilitarian overalls that might be worn during art making, her head obscured by a sculpted plaster cast. The jarring composition forces the viewer to contemplate Smith as both a woman and an artist. By masking her face, the artist invites questions on beauty and personal identity, rendering herself both producer and product.

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Tombstone

Kiki Smith (American, b. Germany, b. 1954)
Untitled (Self Portrait), 1996
Gelatin silver print
Image: 22.6 x 15.2 cm (8 7/8 x 6 inches)
Gift of Glenn Gissler 2011.110.43

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