3777432237 
Book Eye to I : self-portraits from the National Portrait Gallery / editors, Rhys Conlon and Sarah McGavran.
Publication year: 2019
Format: Book
Publisher: Munich : Hirmer Verlag GmbH ; Washington, D.C. : National Portra
Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 9783777432236
Notes:
"This catalogue is published on the occasion of the exhibition Eye to I, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC, November 2, 2018 - August 18, 2019"--Colophon.
Artists include: Berenice Abbott ; Josef Albers ; Robert Arneson ; William Auerbach-Levy ; Richard Avedon ; Don Bachardy ; Ralph Barton ; Jack Beal ; Jessie Tarbox Beals ; William George Beckman ; George Bellows ; Thomas Hart Benton ; Isabel Bishop ; Louise Bourgeoois ; Paul Cadmus ; A. Stirling Calder ; Alexander Calder ; Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons ; Federico Castellon ; Enrique Chagoya ; Minerva Chapman ; Roz Chast ; Francesco Clemente ; Chuck Close ; Miguel Covarrubias ; Patricia Cronin ; Imogen Cunningham ; Elaine de Kooning ; Pele deLappe ; Jim Dine ; Lois Dodd ; Aaron Douglas ; Mabel Dwight ; Ralph Ellison ; Walker Evans ; Antonio Frasconi ; Al Frueh ; Aline Fruhauf ; Carmen Lomas Garza ; George Gershwin ; Gregory Gillespie ; Xavier Gonzalez ; John D.Graham ; Red Grooms ; George Grosz ; Philip Guston ; Philippe Halsman ; Victor Hammer ; Bertram Hartman ; Susan Hauptman ; David Hockney ; Hans Hofmann ; Charles Hopkinson ; Edward Hopper ; Lotte Jacobi ; Jasper Johns ; Joan Jonas
Formerly CIP.
This richly illustrated book features an introduction by the National Portrait Gallery's chief curator and nearly 150 insightful entries on key self-portraits in the museum's collection. 'Eye to I' provides readers with an overview of self-portraiture while revealing the intersections that exist between art, life, and self-representation. This richly illustrated book features an introduction by the National Portrait Gallerys chief curator and nearly 150 insightful entries on key self-portraits in the museums collection. Eye to I provides readers with an overview of self-portraiture while revealing the intersections that exist between art, life, and self-representation. Drawing primarily from the museums collection, Eye to I explores how American artists have portrayed themselves over the past two centuries. The book shows that while each individual approaches self-portraiture under unique circumstances, all of their representations raise important questions about self-perception and
Description:
335 pages : illustrations (black nand white, and colour), portraits (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
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