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Romaine Brooks — Self-Portrait
painting
Romaine Brooks presents herself in an overcoat and top hat. The choices of clothing, pose, and restrained painting style make this a self-portrait worth looking at closely, rather than simply an illustration of her biography.
Record type: painting
Repository: Smithsonian American Art Museum · 1966.49.1
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