Ben Culwell
Self-portrait at Age Seventeen

Self-portrait at Age Seventeen
Self-portrait at Age Seventeen
Self-portrait at Age Seventeen
ArtistAmerican, 1918–1992
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Self-portrait at Age Seventeen
Date1936
PlaceTexas, United States
MediumColored pencil on paper
DimensionsSheet: 11 7/8 × 8 7/8 in. (30.2 × 22.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Anne Wilkes Tucker in memory of Walter Hopps
Object number2006.551
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Me. My. Self. Eye. ; Modern and Contemporary Self-Portraits from the MFAH Department of Prints and Drawings," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Lower Brown Corridor, May 17-September 20, 2010.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in orange pencil, recto of sheet, lower left quadrant: "BLC- / S.P.-17 / 36"
Initialed in orange pencil, recto of sheet, lower left quadrant: "BLC"

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