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Photography by Edward C. Robison III
Self Portrait in a Red Shirt
Drawn at almost life size, Diane Edison fills the picture frame, her posture both guarded and defiant. Behind a pair of tortoiseshell bifocals, Edison’s eyes meet ours with a direct, discerning stare. “I want the viewer to lock eyes with the portrait and stay with it,” Edison remarked. “What you see is what you get.”
ArtistDiane Edison(b. 1950)
Date2002
MediumColored pencil, pastel, and graphite on paper
Dimensions51 1/4 x 37 1/8 x 1 in. (130.2 x 94.3 x 2.5 cm)
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Gift of Helen Porter and Jim Dyke, 2017.41
ClassificationDrawing
Provenance(George Adams Gallery, New York, NY); purchased by James T. Dyke, Little Rock, AR, 2004; given to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2017
On ViewYes
This artwork's face covers about 261× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.
