Artwork
Self-Portrait
Artist
José Arpa y Perea
(Spanish, active Spain, Mexico, and the United States,1860 - 1952)
DepartmentAmerican Art
Daten.d.
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions24 1/2 x 18 in. (62.2 x 45.7 cm)
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, purchased with the Witte Endowment Fund
Object number48.10.261
Copyright© José Arpa y Perea
DescriptionSelf portrait of artist with a mustache, wearing glasses, pipe in his mouth.Exhibition HistoryEthel Drought Gallery of Contemporary Art, WMM (Summer), 1996Published ReferencesHelen Raley, "Texas Wild-Flower Art Exhibit," Holland's, The Magazine of the South, 46 (July 1927).San Antonio Express, September 23, 1951.
Woolford and Quillin, The Story of the Witte Memorial Museum (1966), 148.SignedSigned lower left: J. Arpa / San Antonio, Texas
Not on view
Collections
Follower of Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes
Culture: Spanish
19th century
Jean Louis Theodore Gentilz
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