Oil paint on canvas
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sir-william-rothenstein-1874" aria-label="More by Sir William Rothenstein" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Sir William Rothenstein</a>
James Stephens
Presented by Miss Flora Russell through the Art Fund 1942
actions: postures and motions
adults
author
clothing and personal items
hands clasped
individuals: male
literary
man
named individuals
objects
people
portraits
sitting
Stephens, James
suit
work and occupations
painting oil paint canvas
James Stephens
support: 768 × 641 mm
frame: 950 × 825 × 86 mm
Presented by Miss Flora Russell through the <a href="/search?gid=999999968" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Art Fund</a> 1942
<p><b>N05349</b> JAMES STEPHENS 1941</p>
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<p>Not inscribed.
<br/>Canvas, 30 1/4×25 1/4 (77×64).
<br/>Presented by Miss Flora Russell through the National Art-Collections Fund 1942.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> Purchased by Miss Russell from the artist for presentation.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> Tate Gallery, May–June 1950 (58).
<br/><i>Lit:</i> Anon., ‘Sir William Rothenstein’ in <i>Studio</i>, CXXIII, 1942, p.112, repr. p.113 (in colour).</p>
<p>James Stephens (1882–1950), the Irish writer, is best known for his book <i>The Crock of Gold</i> 1912. The artist recalls their first meeting in Ireland <i>c</i>. 1921–2, when Stephens was a Sinn Feiner (<i>Since Fifty</i>, 1939, p.85). A number of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawings</span></a> of the sitter exist, dating from that period. This <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portrait</span></a> is one of the last to be completed before the artist's final illness.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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Catalogue entry
2004-10-07T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions adults author clothing and personal items hands clasped individuals: male literary man named individuals objects people portraits sitting Stephens, James suit work and occupations