The Poindexter Collection of Modern Art
Title:
PORTRAIT (Self Portrait)
Artist:
Kerkam, Earl (1891-1965)
Medium:
Oil/Canvas/Paperboard
Date:
1957
Source:
Poindexter Collection
Object ID:
X1974.04.14
Description:
This portrait depicts a person from the chest up and is highly abstracted and geometric. As in other Kerkam paintings, the face and body is painted in multi colored planes varying from green, brown, red, blue, yellow, and violet. In this piece the planes are distinctly outlined in black and the right side of the face is in shadow. The figure has dark blue and red diamonds to his left and a flat blue background with red accents to his right.
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Painting, Portrait (Self Portrait), X1974.04.14Painting, Portrait (Self Portrait), X1974.04.14