Self-Portrait 2
Entry ID
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73 (20/01/2022)
Formal title of the work
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Self-Portrait 2
Description of the sculpture
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A self-portrait mask of the artist, Ronald Moody, cast in bronze.
URLs where this is recorded/available
Type of object
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Head
Base
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No base
Dimensions
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Height: 24 cm
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Width: 17 cm
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Depth: 12 cm
Materials
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Bronze
Specific techniques used
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Casting
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Patination
Overall colour
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Monochrome – brown
Inscriptions
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Recto, lower left: 'Moody'
Does the Black person have a specific identity?
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Identifiable: specific individual
Identity of Black person (real or fictive)
Role within sculpture
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Main protagonist
Gender
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Female
Age
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Adult
Status
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Free citizen
Clothing
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No clothes included (head)
Evidence of enslavement
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None
Evidence of 'exotic' status
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None
Action or activity
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Not relevant (head)
Emotional state
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Neutral/emotionless
Focus of gaze of Black person
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Looking outwards (engaging viewer)
Sculptural context
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No location included/implied
Sculptor
Place of production
Period of production
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Twentieth century (1900-1999)
Date of Production
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1937
Date inferred from
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Recorded in related documentation
Original purpose
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Unknown
Original display setting
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Unknown
Current owner
Current / most recently known location
Accession number
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A 24925
Provenance history
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2017: gifted to the National Museum Cardiff by the Estate of Ronald Moody
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1989 - 2017: in the possession of the Estate of Ronald Moody
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1989: returned to the Estate of Ronald Moody by the Estate of Marie Seton
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c. 1942 - 1989: in the possession of the Estate of Marie Seton
Notes
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The artist destroyed "Self-Portrait 1" as he was displeased with the result.
License terms for reuse
http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/35, . (no date) ‘Self-Portrait 2’, Black People in European Sculpture, accessed May 5, 2025, http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/647
