Self portrait, nude, sketching
JOHN, Gwen
© Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Gwen John made several nude self-portraits in her room at 87 rue du Cherche-Midi, Paris. She wrote to her friend Ursula Tyrwhitt, ‘I am doing some drawings in my glass, myself & the room … I first draw in the thing then trace it on to a clean piece of paper by holding it against the window.’
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Details
Collection
Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Item Number
NMW A 3556
Creation/Production
JOHN, Gwen
Date: 1908 ca
Acquisition
Purchase, 29/7/1976
Measurements
Height (cm): 24.1
Width (cm): 16.7
Height (in): 9
Width (in): 6
Techniques
pencil on paper
Material
pencil
Paper
Location
In store
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