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Narcissus in the Studio: Artist Portraits and Self-Portraits at PAFA

WRTI Your Classical and Jazz Source | By Susan Lewis
Published December 12, 2010 at 4:35 PM EST
Sylvia Fein (b. 1919) Self-Portrait, 1949 Pencil on paper, 19 x 12 1/2 inches Gift of Sylvia Fein and William Scheuber, 2005.27.1 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Sylvia Fein (b. 1919) Self-Portrait, 1949
Pencil on paper, 19 x 12 1/2 inches
Gift of Sylvia Fein and William Scheuber, 2005.27.1
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

With today's technology, many people introduce themselves to the world by posting self-portraits online. WRTI's Susan Lewis considers how artists represent themselves.
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Susan Lewis
Susan writes and produces stories about music and the arts. She’s host and producer of WRTI’s TIME IN online interview series, and contributes weekly intermission interviews for The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert series. She’s also been a regular host of WRTI’s Live from the Performance Studio sessions.
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