Selbstbildnis. 1975.
Mixed media. Black ink, pencil, shirt cloth, felt tip pen, color pen and oil based paint on white carrdboard.
Lower right signed. With a swiftly jotted down sketch, the title and a dedication dated August 3, 1975 on the lower, backwards folded sheet. 46.5 x 63 cm (18.3 x 24.8 in).
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• Dieter Roth's self-portraits are legendary and as versatile as the artist himself.
• He relentlessly scrutinizes his own personality, portraying himself as a lion, a birdseed sculpture or a dog turd.
• Other self-portraits can be found in major museum collections like the Tate in London, the Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

The authenticity of the present work was confirmed by Dr. Dirk Dobke, Dieter Roth Foundation, Hamburg. We are grateful for his expert advice.

PROVENANCE: Dieter Roth Foundation, Hamburg.
Levy Galerie, Hamburg.
Corporate Collection Ahlers AG, Herford (acqired from the above in 2013).

EXHIBITION: Dieter Roth, Levy Galerie, Hamburg, January 15 - March 12, 2013.

LITERATURE: Dirk Dobke, Dieter Roth. Originale, Hamburg 2002, p. 260, no. 1975.1.
Dieter Roth, Daniel Spoerri, Diter Rot oder Dieter Roth. Mit Texten von Daniel Spoerri, Bielefeld/Berlin 2013, pp. 42/43 (color illu.).

In good condition. With a consistent vertical crease in the center that does not impair the overall impression. Small soiled spots and glue remains, and with a small paper blemish above the plane, presumably from the making. The lower half of the sheet that is folded to the reverse is attached to the board on the back of the frame.