287: DESIGNER WALTER PLUNKETT (1902-1982) SELF PORTRAIT 1958

Walter Cohick Plunkett (California, New York, 1902-1982)
Self Portrait (1958)
The artist, famous Hollywood costume designer Walter Plunkett, depicts himself sitting on one leg, the other bent at the knee, in a chair with green pillow. He wears a tank wristwatch and a loose-fitting shirt open at the neck. Cup and saucers sit on an oddly elongated kidney-shape table centered by a green mid-century ash tray with cigarette butts. The background and side views are compressed, curved and lengthened. The perspective is skewed. The composition is convex as the artist portrays himself reflected in a silver coffee pot. The reflective body of the rounded pot forms a bent perspective. The base of the pot's handle is visible on the right. A section of the spout is seen on the left. The oil on canvas is signed in reverse lower right and dated 1958.
Sight size measures 15.5 x 11.5 with a framed size of 22 x 18 inches.
Rubbed paint along one edge.
$1,000 - $1,500