Bowdoin College Museum of Art

Preview image of work. pastel and crayon on brown paper on brown paper, Self Portrait 32719

2017.8.2

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Self Portrait

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Artist

Paul Cadmus (1904 - )

Title

Self Portrait

Creation Date

1963

Century

mid-20th century

Dimensions

13 1/4 x 12 1/8 in. (34 x 31 cm)

Object Type

drawing

Creation Place

North America, United States

Medium and Support

pastel and crayon on brown paper on brown paper

Credit Line

Gift of halley k harrisburg, Class of 1990, and Michael Rosenfeld

Copyright

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Accession Number

2017.8.2

Throughout his life, Paul Cadmus exercised and strengthened his observational and artistic faculties by drawing. He imposed on himself a regimen of daily practice not unlike the dancers and athletes he admired and often portrayed. In his drawings, prints, and paintings, Cadmus celebrated the human figure. His most intimate work, such as this pastel and crayon drawing, seems to be grounded in his conception of himself as a public persona. Cadmus often applied his extraordinary drawing skills to the study of his face, which by all accounts was especially handsome.