Post War & Contemporary Art 
8 November 2023
Post War & Contemporary Art 
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Terry Rodgers b.1947

Nude

c. 1985
oil on board 32 h × 42¾ w in (81 × 109 cm)
estimate: $20,000–30,000
result: $18,900
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Signed to upper left ‘Rodgers’.
provenance: Gift from the artist to the present owner

This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

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The male figure in this early painting was originally nude. However, concerns about the public’s reaction to a fully nude man prompted the artist to add red briefs over the work using acrylic paint. A reflection of changing sensibilities, Rodgers’ later works are not so demure.

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