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Self-Portrait

Juan Geuer

BIRTH YEAR 1917
BIRTH PLACE Soest, Holland
DEATH YEAR 2009
DEATH PLACE Almonte, Ontario
MEDIUM Acrylic on masonite
DATE 1977
DIMENSIONS 121.9cm x 244.5cm x 0.6cm
ACCESSION NUMBER 2013.04.06
CREDIT LINE Collection of the Ottawa Art Gallery: gift of Else Geuer-Vermeij, 2013.
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
An abstract self-portrait painting with a central figure standing, wearing a jacket, slim belted pants and sunglasses (clothing). Diagonal lines cut through image creating geometric shapes and colour blocks on some parts on the painting, while some sections are in black and white. The background a sideways "STOP" sign partly painted in green, part of the figure's clothing in red and blue, and background shapes alternating in all three colours. A drawing of a human foot from an aerial view is in the bottom left corner in a trapazoid block.

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