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Self after self by Rembrandt – Historic Print

Self after self by Rembrandt, 1985 — historic print
Self after self by Rembrandt, 1985. Historic print from the Fine Art Prints collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Self after self by Rembrandt

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Titled as a tribute to Rembrandt, this 1985 color monotype takes his self-portraits as its starting point, a theme he returned to throughout his career in paintings and etchings. The monotype process, in which an image is painted onto a plate and printed as a single impression, gives the work a softer, more painterly surface than etching, which suits the idea of a face revisited again and again. Its place among the 1980s self-portraits reflects how many artists of that decade looked back to older masters to explore identity and the act of looking at oneself.

Created / published1985
Medium1 print : monotype, color.
GenreMonotypes Color 1980-1990.Self-portraits 1980-1990.Prints Color 1980-1990.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,293 × 1,686 px · prints to 4 × 6 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-173028

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