Copper Plate Nude 1 [working proof 1]
1998
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spit bite aquatint and etching on wove Somerset paper [working proof 1]
Dimensions
plate: 40.4 × 30.7 cm (15 7/8 × 12 1/16 in.) sheet: 53.5 × 41.6 cm (21 1/16 × 16 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Kathan Brown
Accession Number
2024.132.524
About the Artist
Nathan Oliveira
Nathan Oliveira (1928–2010) was an American painter and printmaker associated with the Bay Area Figurative Movement who developed a distinctive approach to the human figure that balanced gestural expressionism with haunting psychological presence. Born in Oakland, California, to Portuguese immigrant parents, he studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts and Mills College. Oliveira emerg...