Prints and Drawings Room
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- Dieter Roth 1930–1998
- Original title
- Selbstbild als Hundehauf
- Medium
- Screenprint on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 654 × 768 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Presented by Richard Hamilton 1978
- Reference
- P01851
Display caption
The variety of Roth’s self-portraits made in the 1970s is remarkable. Both of these works share a sense of spontaneous energy. At the heart of Self-Portrait as Pile of Dog Dirt, Roth pictures himself with recognisable protruding ears in the centre of a fetid vortex.
Gallery label, March 2007
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