RAYMOND MASON; AN EARLY SELF-PORTRAIT

Raymond Mason: The Life Model; a self-portrait.

I have always liked Raymond Mason's drawings  whether of human groups or Paris architecture. But this drawing I did not know. I do not remember it in any of the monographs on  Mason.It was sold by  those  excellent print dealers Abbott and Holder based near the British Museum.If you would like to read some further thoughts about Mason -with specific reference to his autobiographical writings please refer to my blogpost here.
Many artists have drawn naked self-portraits, one thinks of Edward Munch and no doubt others could be added.It is perhaps a northern European phenomenon-associated with narcissism and introspection.The legs are out of proportion to the torso-but that is probably just the consequence of working from a mirror