Self-portrait, Interlocking Fingers No. 19
Artist
John Coplans
(American, born England, 1920 - 2003)
Date2000
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 31 × 24 inches (78.74 × 60.96 cm)
Mount: 33 × 26 inches (83.82 × 66.04 cm)
Mount: 33 × 26 inches (83.82 × 66.04 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.67.17
Signednone visible
Inscribednone visible
Markingsnone visible
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionDetail image of a man's fingers intertwined.Exhibition HistoryRotation 26. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 29, 2019- August 25, 2019, no cat.
Rotation 22. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, August 10, 2016- January 8, 2017, no cat.
John Coplans’ large, black-and-white self-portraits focus on specific parts of his aging body, often excluding his head and face. In a humorous way, this depersonalizes his self-portraits. Printed larger than life, this photograph transforms Coplans’ hands into huge, sculptural forms.
Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2015;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2015.
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2015.
Copyright© John Coplans
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John Douglas Patrick
undated
2009.47.4
