Dwarf Sees Himself for the First Time
Datec. 1929
Artist
Wuanita Smith
(American painter, illustrator, and printmaker, 1866–1959)
Illustration CitationInscription refers to Oscar Wilde's, "The Birthday of the Infanta". Date and place of publication not identified.
MediumWoodcut
Dimensionscomposition: 9 3/16 × 7 3/4 in. (23.3 × 19.7 cm)
sheet: 10 1/2 × 8 3/4 in. (26.7 × 22.2 cm)
sheet: 10 1/2 × 8 3/4 in. (26.7 × 22.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Charlotte A. Ganz and Albert Harding Ganz, 1980
Object number1980-170
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThis woodcut was inspired by Oscar Wilde's fairy tale, "The Birthday of the Infanta." Smith pictured the moment when the boy from the forest first encounters a mirror and realizes that he looks different from the children at the palace.
