Carolyn Zimmerman Mid Century Watercolor Self Portraits "As I Saw Me"

Item Details

Carolyn Zimmerman
“As I Saw Me”
Paper
Signed

Carolyn Zimmerman (Indiana, born 1903)
As I Saw Me (Self-portrait), 1940
As I Saw Me, 1950
Watercolor painting on paper
Both signed to the lower right
Titled and dated on affixed labels in upper left
Additional inscription and date to lower left of the older piece

A set of watercolor paintings on paper both titled As I Saw Me and painted in 1940 and 1950 by American artist Carolyn Zimmerman (born 1903). These pieces depict self-portraits of the artist painted ten years apart from one another, one in a cool blue palette with the artist facing the viewer head-on, and the second showing an older woman in a palette of pink and purples at a three-quarters view. Both are signed to the lower right and have affixed labels with the title and dates in the upper left, with the older piece additionally labeled, ‘self-portraot’ with the date to the lower right. Both are presented unframed with a protective acetate sleeve.

Carolyn Zimmerman was born in Walton, Indiana and became the wife of prominent Cincinnati artist Carl Zimmerman. She started her formal artistic training at the Cincinnati Art Academy and studied with French sculptor and painter Antoine Bourdelle as well as Madame Levy-Ginsborg in Paris. Zimmerman body of work primarily focuses on forested landscapes. Carolyn, along with her husband Carl Zimmerman, was a member of the Cincinnati School of Painters.

Provenance
From the artist’s estate.

Condition

- to Fair; discoloration to papers, more severely to 1940 portrait; triangular tear to the lower left of older piece.

Dimensions

- measures larger piece.

Item #

16CIN997-3471