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Photography by Edward C. Robison III
Self-Portrait of the Artist
Photography by Edward C. Robison III

Self-Portrait of the Artist

Artist (1920 - 2011)
Date1947
MediumTempera on panel
DimensionsDiameter: 18 3/4 in. (47.6 cm)
Framed diameter: 25 1/2 in.
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LinePromised Gift to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
Signedc.r., on scrap of paper: George Tooker
On View
On view
Inscribedverso, center: Self Portrait / George Tooker
verso, on frame board: The surface of this / picture is very delicate / please do not touch / it. / George Tooker / 1947
verso, on frame board: A
verso, on frame board: This sw
Markingsverso, in black ink: FA565/16 [24 marked out] / AMP / COLOR [on orange labels]
verso, printed in black ink: P / CHRISTIE'S
verso, on frame, in brown and black ink: Eli Wilner & Co., Inc. / Period Frames / COPY OF 19TH CENTURY FRAME / 1525 York Avenue New York, NY 212-744-6521 [paper label]

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