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Self-Portrait

Roger Fry, 1928

© The artist's estate

Fry was not a vain man yet at various moments in his life he turned his attention upon himself, producing a series of introspective self-portraits. As in all of these, in this work there is a level gaze, a careful, critical self appraisal in which the importance of looking seems to outweigh the expression of his personality. This is the only portrait in which he is shown wearing a hat, and the light catching the edge of the brim creates a horizontal that balances the verticality of the face. Cezanne's example may have led Fry to use the background door panels as a challenge to the sense of recession set up by the line of the shoulders and the three-quarter view of the face. There is also a visual pun in the use of the pearl tie-pin to hold both tie and composition in position.

More information

Title of artwork, date

Self-Portrait, 1928

Date supported

1994

Medium and material

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

46 x 37 cm

Grant

3750

Total cost

15000

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