Self-Portrait198019 x 14 5/8 x 1/8 "
Frame: 24 1/4 x 20 1/4 x 1 1/4 "House paint on Masonite, white-washed wood panelGift of Elizabeth Ross Johnson1985.35.290Highly abstract portrait painted in heavy wash over masonite with two eyes, top back of head and round protruding from LLS of face with gaping red mouth outlined in black, thirteen white dabs of paint indicating teeth; eyes concentric circles of white, red, black with pink/red centers. Amorphous, curvillinear head outlined in black over white board red stroke inside outline. Head and shoulders painted light plum. The whole with black outline over plum, against turquoise background. All paint tones grayed and mixed as though white-washed wood panelling with nail LS and RS c.10" B. Stained oak frame with mitered corners.152907996Mose TolliverPaintings© Estate of Mose Tolliver / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New Yorkin red paint center left: 'MOƧE T'MontgomeryMontgomeryUnited StatesAlabamaPaintingsMontgomeryObject information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information. To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgself-portraitPAINTING19801980 1985 35 29 Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information. To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgself-portraitPAINTING