Deem Vermeer (Self-Portrait)

Date:	1974
Medium:	Oil on canvas
Size inches:	c. 16 x 13
Size cm:	41 x 33
Signature:	Signed and dated lower left
Location:	University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, Indiana

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Reference
Vermeer, The Art of Painting, c. 1666-67. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

This self-portrait is one of a number of paintings in which Deem played with elements borrowed from Vermeer's masterpiece The Artist in His Studio (The Art of Painting) of about 1666-67. For this painting, Deem extracted the artist from Vermeer's painting and resituated him so that he appears to emanate from Deem's own head, an obvious reference to the process of inspiration that is unfolding. Deem's placement of Vermeer's figure vis-a-vis his own brush plays on the idea of the artist painting the artist or, in this case, the artists, since Deem is, in fact, painting both himself and Vermeer at the same time. (David Dearinger, exhibition wall text, George Deem: The Art of Art History, The Boston Athenaeum, April 11 - September 1, 2012).

 

Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana

Exhibition date:	December 8, 1974 - January 19, 1975
Institution:	Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
Works Shown:	A Letter from Picasso An American Vermeer Blue Vermeer Composition in Red and Black (Rubens Vermeer) Deem Vermeer (Self-Portrait) George Washington in White Face George Washington Vermeer Green Vermeer Ingres Vermeer La Tour Vermeer Martha Milk Primary Vermeer Quartet (1973) Rita Vermeer Sienna Vermeer Three Women (Vermeer)

The Boston Athenaeum, Boston, Massachusetts

Exhibition date:	April 11 - September 1, 2012
Institution:	The Boston Athenaeum, Boston, Massachusetts
Works Shown:	A Stool, A Chair, and a Map An American Rug The Art of Painting, diptych Artist in His Studio, The (diptych) Ashcan School Bingham Ceiling Courbet Palette Deem Palette Deem Vermeer (Self-Portrait) Easel Painting Everybody's Schoolroom Extended Vermeer George Washington and His Portrait The Landscape Painter Manet Palette Modigliani Palette Profile Red Chair, The Sargent Vermeer School of Sargent School of Winslow Homer Self-Portrait (1992) Seven Vermeer Corners Studio Visit Vermeer Detail 2003 Vermeer's Map Woman with a Water Pitcher Yankee Vermeer Young Woman with a Water Pitcher, Again

On View Downtown Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana

Exhibition date:

November 10 - 28, 1986

Works Shown:

A Painting for Babies 1970/1980 Actual Size Vermeer's Lacemaker Call it Finished (Vermeer's Lacemaker) Composition in Red and Black (Rubens Vermeer) Deem Vermeer (Self-Portrait) Detail: Vermeer, Mayakovksky Frames George Washington Vermeer The Immaculate Conception Italian Vermeer (Caravaggio) Martha Mary O'Connell Mayakovsky in Delft Me and Mayakovsky Milk Mondrian in Vermeer's Studio Mondrian Vermeer Seventeen Simple as Mooing Summer Rental To Be Read Aloud (Mayakovsky) The Triumph of Art (Study) Triumph of Dance, The Two Saints, Two Masterpieces Van Gogh's Bedroom at Arles Vermeer Girl in Red Hat 1966 Vermeer Palette Waiting Room Yale Yellow Vermeer Interior