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λ CLAUDE ROGERS (BRITISH 1907-1979) SELF PORTRAIT Oil on canvas Signed and dated 37 (upper right) 80.5 x 46cm (31½ x 18 in.)Provenance: The Artist's Estate Acquired from the above by the present ownerExhibited: London, New Burlington Galleries, London Group, 37th Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture, 1938, no. 118 Sudbury, Gainsborough House, Claude Rogers 1907-79, October-November 1985, no. 4 London, Ben Uri Art Gallery, Claude Rogers: Paintings and Drawings, November-December 1992, no. 9 London, Belgrave Gallery, Claude Rogers and Elsie Few, 2002 (illustrated on the cover of exhibition catalogue) London, Ben Uri Gallery, Uproar! The first 50 Years of The London Group 1913-63, 2013-14, no. 37Literature: Philip Vann, Face to Face - British Self-Portraits in the 20th Century, 2004 (illustrated p. 160) S. Macdougall & R. Dickson (eds), Uproar! The First 50 Years of The London Group 1913-63 (illustrated p. 142) The 1992 Ben Uri exhibition catalogue notes that the picture was painted at Rodwell House, Baylham, Suffolk, while Rogers was staying with Helen Anrep and recovering from pneumonia. Condition Report: The canvas is not relined. There is some light surface dirt, but otherwise, in generally good condition. No evidence of retouching visible under ultraviolet light.Condition Report Disclaimer
