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Grotesque head, Austin Osman Spare, 1925
Austin Osman Spare, portraitAustin Osman Spare1956

Grotesque head

1925 · Drawing · 26.7 × 35.2 cm

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Accession number
E.605-1954

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Victoria and Albert Museum

London, United Kingdom

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Sep 25, 2026
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Grotesques

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Drawings & watercolorsGraphiteModernism20th centuryBritish SchoolBritain

Sources

  • Victoria and Albert Museum
  • Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Self Portrait in a Mirror, Austin Osman Spare, 1909

Self Portrait in a Mirror

1909 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum

Bird figures, Austin Osman Spare, 1909

Bird figures

1909 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum

Two sketches; one of a male nude, one of a head, Austin Osman Spare, 1912

Two sketches; one of a male nude, one of a head

1912 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum

Portrait of Mrs Osman Spare, Austin Osman Spare, 1912

Portrait of Mrs Osman Spare

1912 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum

Standing Male Nude : 1 hour study, Austin Osman Spare, 1912

Standing Male Nude : 1 hour study

1912 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum

Female nude seated on a bed, Austin Osman Spare, 1922

Female nude seated on a bed

1922 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum

"Creation", Austin Osman Spare, 1927

"Creation"

1927 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum

Study of a female nude, Austin Osman Spare, ca.1930-40

Study of a female nude

ca.1930-40 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum

Bird of Paradise, Hashimoto Chitaka, 2026

Hashimoto Chitaka

Bird of Paradise, 2026

Torsion 2, Taruma Shoko, 2025

Taruma Shoko

Torsion 2, 2025

Fu, Someya Satoshi, 2025

Someya Satoshi

Fu, 2025

Bow Before the Curtain Falls, 2024

Bow Before the Curtain Falls, 2024

Summer, 2024

Summer, 2024

Red Flow, Ishizuka Genta, 2024

Ishizuka Genta

Red Flow, 2024

3D replica of Michelangelo's Prisoner (4117-1854), Factum Arte, 2024

Factum Arte

3D replica of Michelangelo's Prisoner (4117-1854), 2024

Sculpture, ‘Co-Existence – the Man and the Monkey’, Zhao Lin, 2024

Zhao Lin

Sculpture, ‘Co-Existence – the Man and the Monkey’, 2024

Rothschild lamp, Andrea Briosco, called Riccio, ca. 1510–20

Andrea Briosco, called Riccio

Rothschild lamp, ca. 1510–20

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Brooch with Table-Stones, Winged Animals at Top, and Winged Human Beings at Bottom, Daniel Mignot, 1596

Daniel Mignot

Brooch with Table-Stones, Winged Animals at Top, and Winged Human Beings at Bottom, 1596

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Brooch with Tablestones and Winged Griffins Above and at Bottom, Daniel Mignot, 1596

Daniel Mignot

Brooch with Tablestones and Winged Griffins Above and at Bottom, 1596

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Large Pendant, Upright Oval with Floral Ornament, Daniel Mignot, 1596

Daniel Mignot

Large Pendant, Upright Oval with Floral Ornament, 1596

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Drawing, Manwaring Shurlock, late 19th century

Manwaring Shurlock

Drawing, late 19th century

Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum

Design for a breastplate, Jean Cousin, 1556-1559

Jean Cousin

Design for a breastplate, 1556-1559

Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum

Head, 12th century

Head, 12th century

Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum

The Kiss of Judas, Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, 1893

Aubrey Beardsley

The Kiss of Judas, 1893

Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum