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Self-Portrait with Disaster and the Earth Trembles in its Center!

Rubén Ortiz Mexican
1985–87
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Self-Portrait with Disaster and the Earth Trembles in its Center!
  • Artist: Rubén Ortiz (Mexican, born Mexico City, 1964)
  • Date: 1985–87
  • Medium: Oil and tempera on canvas, mounted on panel
  • Dimensions: 16 × 13 3/4 in. (40.6 × 34.9 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Purchase, The Eugene and Estelle Ferkauf Foundation Gift, 1990
  • Object Number: 1990.189.1
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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