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Alan Sorrell:
Self Portrait (Illustration for The Broken Gates), circa 1950
Unmounted (ref: 3727)
Pencil and ink
11.5 x 13.5 cm (4 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.)
Tags: Alan Sorrell ink pencil
Provenance: The artist's son, Richard Sorrell
Literature:
Sacha Llewellyn & Richard Sorrell (ed), Alan Sorrell; the Life and Works of an English Neo-Romantic Artist, (Bristol: Sansom & Co.) 2013, p 62.
This was one of three drawings that illustrated Sorrell's short (unpublished) story for Lilliput magazine, The Broken Gates. This is a self-portrait seen from behind.
