Self-Portrait as a Chimera

French actor and artist Sarah Bernhardt was perhaps the first global superstar, with legions of admirers spread across Britain, continental Europe, North and South America, and as far afield as Australia. In this fantastical bronze inkwell, she portrayed herself as a chimera, a mythological creature composed of disparate body parts. Here, Bernhardt joined her human torso and head to clawed haunches, bat wings, and a dragon-like tail. The work is a key example of her inspired use of visual media to fashion and promote her own image.

Sulla scultura

Scheda

Nella stessa sala · Gallery 223, Art Institute of Chicago

Sullo stesso tema · Scultura

Sì, riceve visite

Che cosa raffigura

In catalogo

Fonti

Funerary Portrait of Jacques Damala

Old lady with a Book

LE FOU ET LA MORT

Le Fou et la Mort ; Fou posant la main sur un crâne humain

Autoportrait ailé, entre Shakespeare et Molière, d'après un dessin de Clairin

L'Aventurière (autoportrait)

Sarah Bernhardt

Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra, 1875–76

Beata Beatrix, 1871–72

The Bathers, 1884

Chariot Race, 1876

Odalisque, 1874

Portrait of a Woman, 1851

The First Whisper of Love, c. 1889

Woman from Brittany, 1886

Cemetery Statue and Oil Derricks, Long Beach, California, 1939, printed 1976

Marie-Thérèse Considering a Surrealist Sculpture of Her Effigy (Marie-Thérèse considérant son effigie surréaliste sculptée), 1933

Sculptures Representing Marie-Thérèse and the Head of the Sculptor, with a Vase of Three Flowers (Sculptures représentant Marie-Thérèse et la tête du sculpteur, avec le vase aux trois fleurs), 1933

An Unattractive Woman Before the Sculpture of an Athletic Marie-Thérèse Leaning on a Self-Portrait of the Sculptor (Femme laide devant la sculpture d'une Marie-Thérèse athlétique sur un autoportrait du sculpteur), 1933

Fortitude, c. 1515-1525

The Phoenix or the Statue Overthrown, 1658

The Sculptor and the Statue of Jupiter, 1927/1930

Title Page for Hubert Goltzius's Icones Imperatorvm Romanorvm (Opera Omnia, V), 1645