Myself, one of the best-known works by Paraskeva Clark (1898–1986), is a bold self-portrait painted when the artist was pregnant with her second child. A fairly recent newcomer to Canada, Clark was invited to contribute to the inaugural exhibition of the Canadian Group of Painters in November 1933. Two of her works were included in the show, signalling her position as a progressive, modern artist in Canada. The painting remained in the artist’s collection until the National Gallery of Canada purchased it in 1974. The following year, the gallery featured it on the catalogue cover and poster for Canadian Painting in the Thirties, the exhibition that resuscitated Clark’s position in the history of Canadian art.