Female Nude

Alternate TitleFemme nue

Book TitleEloge de André Lhote

Artist André Lhote (French, 1885 - 1962)

Printer Guy Dornand

Publisher Manuel Bruker (French, born 1928)

Date1960

MediumEtching on Marais wove paper

DimensionsImage: 10 1/2 × 5 inches (26.67 × 12.7 cm)
Sheet: 12 1/2 × 10 inches (31.75 × 25.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Bloch

Object number2021.9

Signednot signed

InscribedThe verso of the etching contains a typed inscription attributed to French novelist, André Malraux, “the search for the quality that all art carries within him pushes him much more to stylize forms than to submit to them.”

Edition/State/Proofed. 200

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DescriptionEtching of a seated female nude. With her torso facing the viewer, her legs face slightly toward the viewer's left with her right foot placed in front of her left foot. Her hands are clasped and she holds a shawl against her right thigh. Her athletic build is rendered realistically, however, her head and helmet-like hair appears in a more angular, cubist style. She looks out at the viewer with her head turned slightly to the viewer's right toward the direction of the light source. Shading falls along the figure's proper right side.

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