Portraits and figures

Self-Portrait as a Clown

Kees van Willigen · 1915–1990

Date

1960

Medium

Oil on canvas

Size

55 x 66 cm

A self-portrait with very tight framing, one of the fullest canvases by Kees van Willigen. It includes the tie, the flower in the buttonhole, a modest jacket, a slightly faded shirt and a cat, in the perspective of an upside-down room.