TitleSelf-Portrait
Artist
Louis Bosa
(American, 1905 - 1981)
Date1953
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 24 × 20 in.
Framed: 29 3/4 × 25 3/4 × 1 3/4 in.
SignedSigned on envelope, lower right: "L. Bosa / 1953"
SubmissionANA diploma presentation, April 6, 1953
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY
Object number1475-P
Label TextBorn near Venice, Louis Bosa immigrated to America when he was eighteen and became a naturalized citizen. He returned to his birth-country throughout his career, humorously capturing the foibles of Italian domestic and religious life.
