WILKE, Hannah

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Description

Self Portrait, ca. early 1987
Watercolor on Arches paper
30 x 22 1/2" SHEET
This watercolor self portrait is part of the Wilkes B.C. Series (Before Caner) as the artist was diagnosed with lymphoma in 1987. The multiple brush strokes in greens, blues and purple vary in size while suggesting facial features.

Date

ca. early 1987

Creator

WILKE, Hannah
b. United States, 1940-1993

Source

Gift of Marsie, Emanuelle, Damon & Andrew Scharlatt, Hannah Wilke Collection & Archive, Los Angeles in honor of Marc Selwyn

Identifier

2022.013.002

Citation

WILKE, Hannah and b. United States, 1940-1993, “WILKE, Hannah,” UCSB ADA Museum Omeka, accessed October 7, 2024, http://art-collections.museum.ucsb.edu/items/show/16851.