Self-Portrait 3
Entry ID
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74 (20/01/2022)
Formal title of the work
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Self-Portrait 3
Description of the sculpture
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A self-portrait mask of the artist, Ronald Moody, carved in elm. Ronald Moody was so impressed with the results of this sculpture that he only used wood for future portraits for the next nine years.
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: 30 cm
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Width: 17 cm
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Depth: 15 cm
Materials
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Wood (unidentified)
Specific techniques used
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Carving
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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Male
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 24926
Provenance history
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2018: gifted to the National Museum Cardiff by the Estate of Ronald Moody
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c. 1949 - 2018: in the possession of the Estate of Ronald Moody
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1939 - c. 1949: in the possession of the Harmon Foundation in New York
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1937 - 1939: in the possession of the artist, Ronald Moody
License terms for reuse
http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/35, . (no date) ‘Self-Portrait 3’, Black People in European Sculpture, accessed May 5, 2025, http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/655
