Title:
Self portrait
Creator/Contributor:
Sugimoto, Henry
Date:
1931
Identifier:
92.97.106
Format:
painting
oil on canvas
Paris, France
Inscription:
Signed in medium, bottom left: H. Sugimoto. Written on back: Self Portrait/ Painted this portrait 1931/ 1931 / (In Japanese)
Pari nite / Henry Sugimoto.
Description:
Stretched and framed. Self portrait of Henry Sugimoto. Artist has depicted himself in õ profile, at left, with a blank canvas
in front of him on an easel, at right. A potbelly stove is visible between the two in the background. Sugimoto wears a black
beret and a red jacket with collar up over a white shirt. He gazes out directly at viewer.
Historical Note:
This image is the only self-portrait known to have been painted by Henry Sugimoto during his stay in France. Sitting before
a blank canvas, he wears a fashionable French beret. Sugimoto wore a beret throughout his life as a symbol of his identity
as an artist.
Subject:
Self-portraits
Sugimoto, Henry
Painters (artists)
Berets