The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 10, 2026

A horizontally oriented black-and-white photograph depicts a person with light skin tone and short hair from the chest up, seated inside a car. Their face occupies the right half of the frame, eyes directed toward our left and lips set in a straight line. They wear a dark turtleneck, thin necklace, and jacket. A blurred hand grips a dark object. A rearview mirror, visor, and bright landscape are visible behind.

Self Image

c. 1975

Anne Noggle

(American, 1922–2005)
America
gelatin silver print
Image: 27.9 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.)
Gift of Cal Kowal and Anita Douthat 2024.106
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Anne Noggle’s photographs focus on the dignity and beauty of, and indignities suffered by, aging women.

Description

Noggle chose to fight the aging process—what she referred to as “the saga of the fallen flesh”—through plastic surgery. She photographed the immediate aftermath of the procedure in Face Lift No. 3, 1975 (2023.51). In this photograph, taken earlier in the year she got the face lift, Noggle purposely caught herself in an unflattering and disturbing moment.
  • mid-1980s
    Anne Noggle (the artist) [1922–2005], given to Cal Kowal, Alexandria, KY
    mid-1980s–2024
    Cal Kowal, Alexandria, KY, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    September 9, 2024–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2024.106