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 3/4 × 9 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (32.4 × 23.8 × 3.2 cm)
Overall, Frame: 12 3/4 × 9 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (32.4 × 23.8 × 3.2 cm)
InscribedSigned lower left. "SUSAN WATKINS / 1909"
Credit LineBequest of Goldsborough Serpell
Object number46.76.158A
Not on view
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.
"Susan Watkins and Women Artists of the Progressive Era," Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN, July 13 - September 28, 2025; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, October 17, 2025 - January 11, 2026.
