Art, literature & historyMy First Etching: Self-Portrait
1964
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching on white wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image/plate: 9.8 × 8 cm (3 7/8 × 3 3/16 in.); Sheet: 17.9 × 16.6 cm (7 1/16 × 6 9/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1968.22
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
My First Etching: Self-Portrait — Jack Beal. 1964.
Medium: Etching on white wove paper. Dimensions: Image/plate: 9.8 × 8 cm (3 7/8 × 3 3/16 in.); Sheet: 17.9 × 16.6 cm (7 1/16 × 6 9/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.