Becoming Paula Modersohn-Becker

Paula Modersohn-Becker’s Self-Portrait on Sixth Wedding (Anniversary) Day occupies a wall tucked into the middle of the Art Institute’s current exhibition “Paula Modersohn-Becker: I Am Me.” Nude from the waist up, with a large amber necklace descending between her breasts and her hands wrapped protectively around a slightly protruding belly, the painting suggests that the […]
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