Louise Nevelson emigrated as a child from Ukraine to Maine in 1905. Though known primarily for her powerful abstract, geometric sculpture, she painted a number of portraits in the 1930s. At the time she was inspired by the work of Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse and was developing an interest in rhythmic surfaces. Here, raw colors, blocklike forms, patterning, and angular lines produce an energetically expressionistic whole. As in her other self-portraits, Nevelson describes herself in grotesque terms, with bulbous nose, crooked eyes, and a rather dour mien. Her image offers a stimulating dialogue with several other self-portraits by Jewish women seen on these walls.