- Artist/Maker:
- Michael Gross
- Bio:
- Israeli, 1920-2004
- Title:
- Self-Portrait
- Date:
- 1973
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 76 13/16 × 38 in. (195.1 × 96.5 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Purchase: Gift of Blanche and Romie Shapiro
- Accession Number:
- 1990-155
Not On View
A Major figure in Israeli art, Michael Gross's images range between allusive abstraction and Minimalist representation. In this Self-Portrait, the artist's body, cut off on the right side of the picture, ethereally emerges onto the canvas in pale hues. The image evokes both the physical and spiritual presence of the artist and his art.
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