TitleSelf-Portrait
Artist
Will Barnet
(American, 1911 - 2012)
Date1981
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 31 1/8 × 45 1/2 in.
Framed: 32 7/8 × 47 × 1 3/4 in.
SignedSigned at bottom right: "© Will Barnet 1981"
SubmissionANA diploma presentation, April 6, 1981
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY
Object number1981.630
Label TextSelf-Portrait was given by the artist to the National Academy to fulfill a requirement of his election as an Associate member. The painting was executed in East Hampton, Long Island, where he rented a large house overlooking Gardener’s Island and the Atlantic Ocean. It makes reference to two of the artist’s major thematic and formal concerns of the 1970s and early 1980s: contemplative views of the ocean and open sky, and the depiction of radiant outdoor light. It is one of several paintings of the period that includes an image of a crow, and its appearance and placement suggest the idea of flight and freedom - the flight and freedom of an artist’s imagination.Collections
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