Unsung Heroines
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SOLDPhyllis Dodd (1899-1995):
Self Portrait, circa 1923-5
Mounted (ref: 8369)
Signed and titled in pencil
Etching, trial proof
Plate: 7 1/2 x 5 1/5 (19 x 13 cm)
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Provenance: The Artist's Daughters
Studying at the Liverpool School of Art from 1917–21, she received a Royal Exhibition Scholarship and attended the Royal College of Art for four years – alongside Henry Moore (1898–1986), Raymond Coxon (1896–1997) and Edna Ginesi (1902–2000), with whom she would remain friends for the rest of her life – winning the Drawing Prize in her final year.
