Experimental Plate 1B

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Inscribed 'To be bitten for ten minutes in one part of nitric to five of water', this experimental etching of three different angles of the same head – one smoking a pipe – is almost certainly a triple self-portrait by the artist, whose long elegant face and nose with the characteristic moustache was also captured by several of his artist contemporaries including sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska and painter Emmanuel Levy.

Brodzky was a gifted graphic artist, working particularly in linocuts, of which he was an early pioneer. The work is also playfully inscribed 'Gerald is a bad boy and will be smacked' – although Gerald has not been identified. The work is signed (mid-right) 'Brodkzy' and possibly dated below 'Nov 1912', with the number nine reversed.

Ben Uri Gallery & Museum

London

Title

Experimental Plate 1B

Date

1912

Medium

etching on paper

Measurements

H 13.8 x W 16.2 cm

Accession number

2014-13

Acquisition method

presented by the Estate of Victoria Sternfield, 2014

Work type

Print

Signature/marks description

Signed (lower right corner): Brodzky

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