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This self-portrait, originally owned by John Nowell, a friend of the Gotlibs and a significant collector, has been dated between 1950 and 1952 by the artist’s widow Janet Gotlib, who compiled the main catalogue of his works. After their first meeting, Janet described her future husband as ‘dark, not very tall but erect, slight, but with broad shoulders. His face was that of an ascetic; yet at the same time the twinkle in his eyes told one that here was a man who was warm and human, and capable of enjoying the pleasures that life has to offer’. The work was painted in Gotlib’s characteristic bold, Expressionist manner, in the period following his short term appointment as Professor at the Academy of Art in Cracow in 1949 and his return to England in May of 1950.
Title
Self Portrait with Pipe
Date
c.1950–1952
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 44 x W 35 cm
Accession number
2019-01
Acquisition method
on loan from The David and Valerie Wade Collection of Modern British Self-portraits
Work type
Painting
Ben Uri Gallery & Museum
108a Boundary Road, St John's Wood, London, Greater London NW8 0RH England
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