Self-Portrait, Gerard Fieret, c. 1965
Gerard FieretDutch, 1924–2009

Self-Portrait

c. 1965 · Photograph

May one see it?

Unknown

Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

Source
The museum

About the work

Because of his background and wartime experiences, the artist, poet, and drifter Gerard Fieret was a tormented man. In the 1960s and 70s he took raw and grainy photographs of the scores of women he brought to his studio. In this large dark photograph he aimed the camera at himself.

Rijksmuseum

Particulars

Accession number
RP-F-2005-107-374

What it shows

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Sources

  • Rijksmuseum
  • Image: Rijksmuseum — © the artist or rights holder
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