Self-Portrait

ca. 1902

Not on view

This recently rediscovered drawing represents Aman-Jean's early synthesist style of draftsmanship. It appears related to a self-portrait published in 1902 in the "Album Mariani," a promotional venture that featured short biographical notices and wood-engraved portraits of celebrated figures of the day. Aman-Jean trained with Henri Lehmann at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts alongside Georges Seurat with whom he later shared a studio. Seurat portrayed Aman-Jean at work on a drawing in his portrait of the artist with which he made his debut at the Paris Salon in 1883 (61.101.16).

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Title: Self-Portrait
Artist: Edmond-François Aman-Jean (French, Chevry-Cossigny 1858–1936 Paris)
Date: ca. 1902
Medium: Fabricated black crayon, possibly conte crayon
Dimensions: Sheet: 7 1/16 × 4 15/16 in. (18 × 12.5 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Drawings and Prints Gifts, 2023
Object Number: 2023.384
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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