English: Painted in 1946. Purchased in 1982. Duncan Grant (1885-1978) British. Oil on canvas. Acc. No. 82/37 Purchased through the Cape Town City Council Grant.
Originally in training to become a Catholic priest, Paul Roche was Grant's lover for some years and posed for a number of his paintings and drawings. The work features an embroidered folding screen made by Grant's mother. Such screens were typical products of the Bloomsbury Group's Omega Workshop which Grant joined after it was opened in 1913 by Roger Fry.
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