Sarah Lucas ('Self-Portrait with Skull')

Sitterback to top

• Sarah Lucas (1962-), Artist. Sitter in 15 portraits, Artist of 12 portraits.

Artistback to top

• Sarah Lucas (1962-), Artist. Artist of 12 portraits, Sitter in 15 portraits.

This portraitback to top

In this vanitas image, the inclusion of the skull is a metaphor for death. This is one of twelve prints; in each Lucas appears in a different guise.

Linked publicationsback to top

• Rideal, Liz, Insights: Self-portraits, 2005, p. 14

Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top

• Sarah Lucas Self-Portraits (19 March 2011 - 11 September 2011)
• A Question of Identity: Self-Portrait Photographs 1850-2000 (20 September 2005 - 29 January 2006)

Portrait setback to top

• Self-Portraits: Iris prints by Sarah Lucas, 1990-8

Subjects & Themesback to top

• Self-portraits
• Skulls and bones