Vision, Volumes and Recession - Portrait of Roger Fry
Maker
(artist)
1860-1942
(etcher)
1860-1942
1860-1942
(etcher)
1860-1942
Title
Vision, Volumes and Recession - Portrait of Roger Fry
Date of Production
1928
Medium
medium : material : ink & support : material : paper
Dimensions
Height: 26.5 cm
Width: 12.5 cm
Width: 12.5 cm
Accession Number
G.1983.XX.2
Mode of Acquisition
Diana M.C. Brinton Lee, bequest, March 1983
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Fry
Roger
Label Text
This sheet shows one of two different states of an etching of the art theorist, critic and artist, Roger Fry (1866–1934); an example of the other state is also held in The Courtauld collection. Sickert caricatures Fry as a threatening professor looming out of the shadows of a lecture hall, pointer in hand. The light from the lantern beside him illuminates his disorderly hair and spectacles, contributing to his rather zealous expression. The title on the plate refers to Fry’s strident belief that art should be understood in formal rather than literary or symbolic terms.
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Exhibition History
Special Display - Works by Sickert, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 05/10/2007-20/01/2008
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscribed : signature of artist : lower right hand corner & recto : : Sickert. //
Inscription: inscribed : titled : lower margin centre & recto : : VISION VOLUMES AND RECESSION //
Inscription: inscribed : titled : lower margin centre & recto : : VISION VOLUMES AND RECESSION //
Information on this object may be incomplete and will be updated as research progresses. We are particularly committed to addressing any discriminatory or offensive language and ideas that might be present in our records. To help improve this record, and to enquire about images of The Courtauld Gallery Collection, please email gallery.collectionsonline@courtauld.ac.uk. Find out more about using and licensing our images.
____________________________