image of a woman looking between some glass vessels; woman has a white hat draped on her head

%C2%A9 Estate of Barbara Swan

Barbara Swan, 1970

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Early in her career, painter and printmaker Barbara Swan focused largely on portraiture and complex still lifes featuring glass vessels contains liquids. She valued friendships and kept up active correspondence with many artists, both famous and not. This self portrait is part of a portfolio of seven portraits that she made of artist friends who worked in New England.

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Title
Barbara Swan
Artist Life
1922–2003
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2018.133.16.9
Provenance
John E. Andrus III, Wayzata, Minn. (until d. 2012); by descent to his daughter Catherine Andrus, Minneapolis; given to MIA, 2018.
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image of a woman looking between some glass vessels; woman has a white hat draped on her head

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