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Self Portrait (Back of Hand I), from the series "A Body of Work"

Self Portrait (Back of Hand I), from the series "A Body of Work"

(English (active United States) 1920–2003)
1986
Medium/TechniquePhotograph, gelatin silver print
DimensionsFramed: 102.2 x 94.6 cm (40 1/4 x 37 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 78.5 x 72.2 cm (30 7/8 x 28 7/16 in.)
Credit LineSophie M. Friedman Fund
Accession number1990.251
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPhotographs
InscriptionsSigned verso in graphite, u. r.: "John Copalns", editon: 1/12. Stamped, verso, in black ink, u. r.: "c COPRIGHT JOHN COPLANS 1986/NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT PERMISSION". TITLED AND NUMBERED, VERSO, IN GRAPHITE, U. R.: "8/SELF PORTRAIT (BACK OF HAND I) 1/12".
ProvenanceHoward Yezerski Gallery, Boston; 1990, sold by Yezerski Gallery to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 23, 1990)
CopyrightReproduced with permission.