Reclining Woman
Artist
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
(French, 1824 - 1898)
Date1896
MediumCharcoal and white chalk on paper
DimensionsUnframed: 7 1/4 x 12 inches (18.42 x 30.48 cm)
Framed: 15 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches (39.37 x 52.07 cm)
Framed: 15 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches (39.37 x 52.07 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Jeanne McCray Beals in memory of David Thomas Beals II, Helen Ward Beals, and David Thomas Beals III
Object number2006.9.22
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionA reclining female nude in a white shift with her left arm over her forehead. Above her is another head study.Exhibition HistoryThe Naked and the Nude: Representations of the Body, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 24, 2006- April 29, 2007, no. 19, as Reclining Woman.
The Naked and the Nude: Representations of the Human Body, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, August 17, 2013- February 23, 2014, unnumbered, as Reclining Woman.
Jeanne McCray Beals (1933-2005), Fairway, Kansas, by September 22, 2005;
Estate of Jeanne McCray Beals, by April 17, 2006;
Given by the estate of Jeanne McCray Beals to The Nelson- Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2006.
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