Self Portraits: From 1800 to the Present

With Self Portraits: From 1800 to the Present, Philippe Ségalot and Morgane Guillet have curated their ultimate collection of self-portraits, alternating between iconic and lesser- known figures whose portraits deeply moved them. The book unfolds chronologically. Page after page, the reader is immersed in a real- life gallery where the works can be viewed at scale without any other distraction - an intimate journey across art history through self-portraiture. The sharp selection of works embraces a variety of mediums, from traditional painting to photography, neon or found objects and so increasingly as we approach the present, demonstrating how artists continue to redefine the genre. While some pieces don't necessarily picture the artists themselves, they all represent their personal interpretation of what a self-portrait can be, show what they chose to reveal, how they wished to be seen, and how they viewed their own reflection through their art. This volume is introduced by an introspective text from Robert Storr, the former Dean of Yale School of Art. With more than sixty carefully selected self-portraits to analyze, readers will be able to admire some of the art world's most magnificent artworks, from Claude Monet, Félix Vallotton, and Gustave Caillebotte to David Hammons, Elizabeth Peyton, and Steven Shearer. AUTHORS: Philippe Ségalot is a private art dealer. He received an MBA from HEC (Hautes Études Commerciales) in Paris in 1985. He then worked in the marketing division of L'Oréal from 1985 to 1988. Ségalot was head of the art division at Finacor Group from 1988 until 1991, when he joined Marc Blondeau SA as contemporary art specialist. In 1996, he joined Christie's in New York as senior specialist and became international head of contemporary art in 1998. In 2001, he left the auction house and, with partners Franck Giraud and Lionel Pissarro, formed Giraud.Pissarro.Ségalot, an art-consultancy firm specializing in nineteenth- and twentieth-century art, operating in New York and Paris. In 2012, he established his own art advisory firm, Ségalot LP, which continues today. Morgane Guillet is a studio manager. She graduated in 2017 from the Institut d'Études Supérieures des Arts in Paris, where she studied art history and specialized in the art market. She worked in several galleries in France and the United States before joining the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, where she managed event programming and developed cultural offerings for donors. Since 2021, she has worked as a studio manager, first for photographer Jean-Baptiste Huynh and currently for painter Nathanaëlle Herbelin. A renowned curator, critic, and writer, Robert Storr is a tour de force in the art world. He received a B.A. in History and French from Swarthmore College before obtaining an M.F.A. in Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. From 1990 to 2002, he was a curator, then senior curator, in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) before being appointed Dean of the Yale School of Art from 2006 to 2016, where he continues to teach to this day. He was the first professor of Modern Art at the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU (2002-2004) and the first American to be named overall director of the Venice Biennial (2005-2007). His writing has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Interview, among others. 60 illustrations