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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Sony ILCE-7RM2 2024.
Self Portrait
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Sony ILCE-7RM2 2024.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Sony ILCE-7RM2 2024.

Self Portrait

Artist Susan Watkins (American, 1875 - 1913)
CultureAmerican
Date1909
MediumOil on board
Dimensions10 3/4 × 7 5/16 × 1/8 in. (27.3 × 18.6 × 0.3 cm)
Overall, Frame: 12 5/8 × 9 3/8 in. (32.1 × 23.8 cm)
InscribedSigned lower left. "SUSAN WATKINS / 1909"
Credit LineBequest of Goldsborough Serpell
Object number46.76.158A
On View
Not on view
DescriptionPortrait of a lady with a hat; a self-portrait.

Label TextSusan Watkins American (1875-1913) Self-Portrait Oil on board Goldsborough Serpell Bequest 46.76.158a ProvenanceThe artist, Susan Watkins Serpell, bequeathed to her husband, Goldsborough Serpell, 1913; Bequest of Goldsborough Serpell to the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences, 1946; Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences transferred to the Chrysler Museum, 1971. Exhibition History"Women of the Chrysler: a 400-Year Celebration of the Arts," Large Changing Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., March 24 - July 18, 2010.