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Self portrait, nude, sketching

JOHN, Gwen

Self portrait, nude, sketching
Image: By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
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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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Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 3556

Creation/Production

JOHN, Gwen
Date: 1908 ca

Acquisition

Purchase, 29/7/1976

Techniques

Pencil on paper

Material

Pencil
Paper

Location

In store
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  • Drawing
  • Female Nude
  • Fine Art
  • Identity
  • John, Gwen
  • People
  • Self-Portrait
  • Woman Artist
  • Works On Paper

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