Self Portrait

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William Sanger, German (1873 - 1961) - Self Portrait.

Year: circa 1930, Medium: Oil on Board, signed lower right, Size: 24.5 x 17.5 in. (62.23 x 44.45 cm), Frame Size: 31 x 23.5 inches, Description: This oil on board depicts a self portrait of the artist William Sanger engrossed in reading. William Sanger was a German-born and American-educated architect and artist. He was the first husband of Margaret Sanger, an American birth control activist, sex educator, writer, and nurse. She opened the first birth control clinic in the United States, founded Planned Parenthood, and was instrumental in the development of the first birth control pill.