Introduction by Sir John Rothenstein, then Director of the Tate Gallery, and one of his greatest admirers.
First Nudes contains twenty-four original and hitherto unknown sketches by one of the greatest craftsmen of the twentieth century and, in view of his later development, these first life drawings of men and women are of particular interest. They show an artist at the outset of his career before his genius was recognised and, even in this early stage, the economy and clarity of line for which he became so justly famous. |
