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Untitled (Reclining Figure)

Artist Jack Tworkov (American, 1900 - 1982)

Dateca. 1950

MediumInk and charcoal on paper

DimensionsSheet: 20 13/16 × 19 1/8 inches (52.86 × 48.58 cm)
Framed: 28 1/4 × 26 1/4 × 1 inches (71.76 × 66.68 × 2.54 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust through the George H. and Elizabeth O. Davis Fund

Object number2025.8

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DescriptionThis nearly square ink and charcoal drawing on paper is an abstract composition composed of thick and thin black lines that suggest a reclining nude female figure observed from above. The figure’s head is in the upper left corner of the composition, while her legs extend diagonally down to the lower right of the sheet.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Jack Tworkov: Paintings and Drawings, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY, January 12–February 26, 2000, no. 9.

Provenance

With the artist and his estate, New York, NY until 2025;

Purchased from the Tworkov Ford Partnership via Van Doren Waxter, New York, NY, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2025.

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