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Self Portrait (Hands Spread on Knees), from the series, "A Body of Work"

Self Portrait (Hands Spread on Knees), from the series, "A Body of Work"

(English (active United States) 1920–2003)
1985
Medium/TechniquePhotograph, gelatin silver print
DimensionsFramed: 89.5 x 102.2 cm (35 1/4 x 40 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 67.4 x 83.7 cm (26 9/16 x 32 15/16 in.)
Credit LineSophie M. Friedman Fund
Accession number1990.253
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPhotographs
InscriptionsSigned verso in graphite, u. r.: "John Coplans", editon: 1/12. Stamped, verso, in black ink, u. r.: "c COPRIGHT JOHN COPLANS 1985/NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT PERMISSION". Titled and numbered, verso, in graphite, u.r.: "4/SELF PORTRAIT (HANDS SPREAD ON/KNEES) 1/12".
ProvenanceHoward Yezerski Gallery, Boston; 1990, sold by Yezerski Gallery to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 23, 1990)
CopyrightReproduced with permission.