Self-portraits as Piccadilly - Eros, Dieter Roth

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Dieter Roth, artist
1930–1998
Self-portraits as Piccadilly - Eros, 1968?
Where object was made: Germany
Material/technique: paper; pencil
Dimensions:
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 22.9 x 32.9 cm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 9 x 12 15/16 in
Credit line: Transfer from Watson Library
Accession number: 1980.0060.01,2
Not on display
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Label texts

Archive Label 2003:
Roth’s drawings fall into a tradition of symbolic or allegorical self-portraits. Artists in past centuries frequently portrayed themselves and their patrons in “historiated” portraits, where the sitter would be displayed in the guise of an historical figure. Here, Roth presents himself as a mythological figure, but does so in an abstract manner so that the images are symbolic rather than representational portraits.