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Welles commits himself so deeply to Shakespeare’s most ingenious comic creation that the film has often been seen as a kind of self-portrait, filled in equal measure with delightful ribaldry and heartbreaking pathos.
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Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
The self-portrait is among the few Kahlo pieces that have remained in private hands outside Mexico, where her body of work has been declared an artistic monument.
—Arkansas Online, 30 Nov. 2025
The self-portrait is among the few Kahlo pieces that have remained in private hands outside Mexico, where her body of work has been declared an artistic monument.
—Hannah Schoenbaum, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2025
Having said that, a self-portrait painting by Frida Kahlo, who was played by Salma Hayek in the 2002 Julie Taymor-direct biopic, just sold today for $54 million, the most ever paid for a work by a female artist.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2025
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Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
The self-portrait is among the few Kahlo pieces that have remained in private hands outside Mexico, where her body of work has been declared an artistic monument.
—Arkansas Online, 30 Nov. 2025
The self-portrait is among the few Kahlo pieces that have remained in private hands outside Mexico, where her body of work has been declared an artistic monument.
—Hannah Schoenbaum, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2025
Having said that, a self-portrait painting by Frida Kahlo, who was played by Salma Hayek in the 2002 Julie Taymor-direct biopic, just sold today for $54 million, the most ever paid for a work by a female artist.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for self-portrait
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“Self-portrait.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-portrait. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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