Self-Portrait of Phyllis Diller
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Object Details
- maker
- Diller, Phyllis
- Description
- This framed work of art is a self-portrait of Phyllis Diller. She depicts herself on a blue background with a black marker outline of her face and hair with blue eyes and pink lips enhanced with colored paint. Diller began painting for pleasure in the mid-1980s. During this time, she was staying in a large suite at Harrah’s in Reno, NV where she had enough space to set up several easels and canvases. She described her style as painting quickly and without too much thought about each individual painting. This quick style allowed her to complete anywhere from ten to twenty-five paintings per day.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- place made
- United States: California, Los Angeles
- Subject
- Humor
- Comedians
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- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Phyllis Diller
- Credit Line
- Gift of Phyllis Diller
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- ID Number
- 2003.0289.20
- accession number
- 2003.0289
- catalog number
- 2003.0289.20
- Object Name
- drawing
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- felt tip pen (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- glass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 16 in x 13 in x 1/2 in; 40.64 cm x 33.02 cm x 1.27 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- nmah_1247694