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Does the Subject Matter?

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This painting, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1956 as no. 283, shows from left to right: Sir John Rothenstein, Director of the Tate Gallery; Miss Patricia Potter, an assistant buyer at Selfridge's, wearing a pink Selfridge's Dress; Humphrey Brooke, Secretary of the Royal Academy; Professor John Mavrogortado from Oxford University and in the background to the left Thomas Bodkin, Professor of History and Fine Arts, Trinity College, Dublin. The artist's dog Toby sits in the foreground to the right, and the paintings seen hanging on the wall are parodies of Picasso paintings. A separate study of Patricia Potter is also owned by the Collection.

The Munnings Art Museum

Colchester

Title

Does the Subject Matter?

Date

1953–1956

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 76.2 x W 108.6 cm;
H 76.2 x W 108.6 cm

Accession number

53

Acquisition method

donated by the artist

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

signed

The Munnings Art Museum

Castle House, Dedham, Colchester, Essex CO7 6AZ England

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