id:			153949
accession number:	1988.11
share license status:	Other
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1988.11
updated:		2019-11-18 11:44:27.593000

Self-Portrait, 1912. William Orpen (Irish, 1878-1931). Oil and collage on wood; framed: 79.1 x 69 x 6 cm (31 1/8 x 27 3/16 x 2 3/8 in.); unframed: 61 x 49.6 cm (24 x 19 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1988.11

title:				Self-Portrait
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creation date:			1912
creation date earliest:		1912
creation date latest:		1912
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creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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culture:	Ireland, 20th century
technique:	oil and collage on wood
department:	Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* William Orpen (Irish, 1878-1931)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 79.1 x 69 x 6 cm (31 1/8 x 27 3/16 x 2 3/8 in.); Unframed: 61 x 49.6 cm (24 x 19 1/2 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed lower left (on check): "1st Oct. 12 / William Orpen"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1988
	opening date:   1989-03-01T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1988</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 1-May 14, 1989).

	title:		William Orpen: Politics, Sex and Death
	opening date:   2005-01-27T00:00:00
	<i>William Orpen: Politics, Sex and Death</i>. Imperial War Museum (organizer) (January 27-April 12, 2005); National Gallery of Ireland (May 25-August 28, 2005).

	title:		Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2006-05-27T00:00:00
	<i>Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Beijing World Art Museum, China (May 26-August 27, 2006); Mori Art Center (September 16-November 26, 2006); Seoul Art Center, South Korea (December 22, 2006-March 28, 2007); Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, South Korea (April 7-May 20, 2007); Vancouver Art Gallery (June 9-September 16, 2007); The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008); Frist Center for the Visual Arts (February 15-June 1, 2008); Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT (June 22-September 21, 2008); The Detroit Institute of Arts (October 12, 2008-January 18, 2009).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Imperial War Museum, London (1/27/2005 - 4/12/2005) and the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin (5/2005 - 8/2005): "William Orpen: Politics, Sex and Death," ex. cat. no. 31, p.91.<br>CMA (organizer). Beijing World Art Museum, China, May 26 - Aug. 27, 2006; Mori Arts Center, Tokyo, Japan: Sept. 9 - Nov. 26, 2006; Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea: Dec. 18, 2006 - March 31, 2007; Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea: Apr. 7 - May 20, 2007; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: June 9 - Sept. 16, 2007; Cleveland Museum of Art, Oct. 21, 2007- January 13, 2008;  Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN, Feb. 21-June 1, 2008; Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT, June 22 - September 21, 2008; and the Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, October 12, 2008 - January 18, 2009:  "Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art"

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PROVENANCE

	Oliver St. John Gogarty, Dublin; (Chapman Bros.); (Peter Nahum, London)
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wall description: 
This unusual self-portrait by William Orpen, a modernist active in both Ireland and England, depicts the artist looking at himself in a mirror.  Orpen portrays himself holding a rag, as if prepared to wipe out the image.  Actual ferry tickets, "engaged seat" notices, a personal check, and a page from Orpen's diary (referring to a trip to Dublin in June 1912) are glued to the picture surface.  These "intruders" from real life are cleverly arranged to create the illusion of objects pasted or stuck to the mirror.  By incorporating real objects into a painting - a medium traditionally devoted to the creation of fictitious illusions, Orpen anticipated the collage experiments begun by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso in 1912.
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