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Self-Portrait
Armand Guillaumin1872
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This self-portrait is one of several that Armand Guillaumin created as a young artist during the early 1870s. Around this time, he worked closely with Camille Pissarro and Paul Cézanne, experimenting alongside them with vivid layers of color. Here, Guillaumin juxtaposed dark, dull tones with bright blue and orange to create unexpected optical blends. He meets the viewer's gaze directly, suggesting his intense focus at a period when such experimentation was just beginning to coalesce into the Impressionist movement.
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- Title: Self-Portrait
- Creator: Armand Guillaumin (French, 1841-1927)
- Date Created: 1872
- Physical Dimensions: Image and Sheet: 37.8 x 31.9 cm (14 7/8 x 12 9/16 in.)
- Provenance: Studio of the artist [1841-1927], by descent to the artist's daughter, Marguerite Guillaumin, Marguerite Guillaumin [1893-1967], by descent within the Guillaumin family, Guillaumin family collection, (Thierry Mercier Gallery, Paris, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Keithley, Shaker Heights, OH), Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Keithley, Shaker Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.129
- Medium: pastel on cream laid paper mounted on cardboard
- Inscriptions: signed and dated, lower left, in black pastel: Guillaumin 72
- Fun Fact: Armand Guillaumin came from a working-class background and was employed as a laborer for Paris's Department of Bridges and Roads in order to support his artistic ambitions.
- Department: Drawings
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Credit Line: Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
- Collection: Drawings
- Accession Number: 2020.129
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