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Self-Portrait

Herbert Bayer American, born Austria

1937

Not on view

This nontraditional self-portrait was made by the Austrian-born modernist Herbert Bayer, who was known for his dynamic integration of drawing, painting, typography, photography, graphic design, and architecture. A professor at the Bauhaus in Germany from 1921 to 1928, Bayer emigrated to the United States in August 1938 after Hitler included one of his paintings in the infamous 1937 Degenerate Art show in Munich. He chose this photograph of his own hand holding a drafting pencil for the cover of his last (and largest) monograph—a 1984 volume that celebrates the artist’s multimedia expertise.

Self-Portrait, Herbert Bayer (American (born Austria), Haag 1900–1985 Montecito, California), Gelatin silver print — Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Title: Self-Portrait

Artist: Herbert Bayer (American (born Austria), Haag 1900–1985 Montecito, California)

Date: 1937

Medium: Gelatin silver print

Dimensions: Image: 4 1/2 × 4 5/8 in. (11.4 × 11.7 cm)
Sheet: 5 × 8 in. (12.7 × 20.3 cm)
Framed: 16 × 17 in. (40.6 × 43.2 cm)

Classification: Photographs

Credit Line: Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Collection

Accession Number: SL.13.2020.1.18

Rights and Reproduction: © 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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