Self-Portrait in a Single Breasted Suit with Hare

Sam Taylor-Wood (born 1967)

National Portrait Gallery

2001

This self portrait documents a significant moment in the artist's life: her recent battle with a second occurrence of cancer, which resulted in a mastectomy. The artist captures herself in a frozen moment, confronting her mortality holding the cable release of her camera and a stuffed hare. Taylor-Wood explained: 'The hare symbolises lust and passion, so here I am with a head of hair, in a single-breasted suit, holding on to lust and passion.'

• Medium: C-print
• Dimensions: 152 x 104.5cm
• Art Fund Grant: £5500 ( Total: £11,000)
• ArtFunded in: 2002
• Vendor: White Cube

Provenance

With the artist's dealer.

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