Self-portrait

Mauricio Lasansky, artist

1914–2012

Self-portrait, 1957

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: electric stippler; scraping; engraving; burnishing; wove paper

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 910 x 510 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 957 x 560 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 35 13/16 x 20 1/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 37 11/16 x 22 1/16 in
Frame Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 40 1/4 x 25 1/4 x 1 in
Weight (Weight): 10 lbs

Credit line: Gift of John J. Talleur and Ann Talleur Collection

Accession number: 1991.0039

Not on display

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Archive Label 2003:
Lasansky is best known as a professor of printmaking and a reviver of engraving. Engraving was a dying technique by the twentieth century, but Lasansky made it his primary mode of creation and became a master of the medium. Lasansky emphasizes his mastery of this technique by using it for a self-portrait. The heavily engraved lines and the stippling serve not only to define his physique but also to define him symbolically as an artist.