Historical Portrait
Romaine Brooks, Self-Portrait, 1923
Archive record
Self-portrait by American artist Romaine Brooks from 1923, showing androgynous style and post-WWI "new woman" fashion. Public domain historical painting.
About this photograph
This self-portrait by Romaine Brooks dates from 1923, five years after the end of the First World War. The archive's cataloguing notes the painting's androgynous style and connection to post-war "new woman" fashion.
Brooks created the work during a period when cultural attitudes toward women's appearance and social roles were shifting in the aftermath of the conflict. The self-portrait reflects these changes in its presentation.
The painting is held by the Internet Archive and is in the public domain.
Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.
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