Self-portrait

Artist Michael Bishop (American, 1946 - 2016)

Date1973

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 17 9/16 × 15 inches (44.6 × 38.1 cm)
Sheet: 23 15/16 × 19 15/16 inches (60.78 × 50.62 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Estate of Michael Bishop

Object number2017.42.20

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DescriptionDouble portrait of a mustachioed man with long hair pulled back at the nape of his neck. He wears jeans with a belt and a button-up shirt. On the left, he holds a copy of "afterimage" in front of his chest. On the right, a portrait of the same man, but this time he wears a jacket over his shirt and holds the magazine on his head. Irregular black and white dots are scattered across the image.Provenance

Provenance

Estate of Michael Bishop;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.

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