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'I am endlessly fascinated by my own physiognomy. By painting myself, I can scrutinise the familiar, make small distortions to enliven the image. I don’t paint self-portraits to promote my own self-image so much as involve my love of painting.'
Richard McWhannell
(Intimate Portraits, 2005)
- Artist
- Richard McWhannell
- Title
- Self-portrait as his father
- Production Date
- 1995
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 695 x 991 x 65 mm
- Credit Line
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1995
- Accession No
- 1994/35
- Copyright
- Copying restrictions apply
- Department
- New Zealand Art
- Display Status
- Not on display
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