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Self portrait, nude, sketching
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.’
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 3556
Measurements
Height
(cm): 24.1
Width
(cm): 16.7
Height
(in): 9
Width
(in): 6
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