Self-portrait and Reclining Nude
Artist
Alex Traube
(American, born 1946)
Date1983
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 1/2 × 11 in. (11.4 × 27.9 cm)
Support: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Support: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of David R. and Susan J. Hill
Object number2022.12.2
DescriptionIn this complex self-portrait, the artist shows himself in a contemplative moment, slumped in a corner chair and strafed by the winter light coming through window blinds. Next to him, a nude woman is langorously arrayed on a divan, basking in the warmth of the sun. The attitudes of the figures are in sharp contrast, suggesting an insurmountable barrier between them whether they are in the same room together or simply figments of one another’s imagination.eMuseum Notes
In this complex self-portrait, the artist shows himself in a contemplative moment, slumped in a corner chair and strafed by the winter light coming through window blinds. Next to him, a nude woman is langorously arrayed on a divan, basking in the warmth of the sun. The attitudes of the figures are in sharp contrast, suggesting an insurmountable barrier between them whether they are in the same room together or simply figments of one another’s imagination.
On View
Not on view
Herbert Matter
Negative 1960-1978; print 1978
