Self-portrait with hat and veil | |
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Year | 1900s |
Dimensions | 89.6 cm (35.3 in) × 79.8 cm (31.4 in) |
Location | Kunstmuseum Den Haag |
Accession No. | 0333022 |
Self-Portrait with Hat and Veil is a painting by the German Expression painter Paula Modersohn-Becker. It was painted between 1906-7. It has been described as an impenetrable, secret painting: "the artist stands in front of a draped window, her face both in shadow and covered by a veil, doubly concealing the backlit figure from public viewing. Only the deep V-shape of her garment suggests exposure of any kind, and even there the flower held just at the breast both hints at and denies a fuller view." [1]
It hangs in the Kunstmuseum, in The Hague. [2]