Nudes at Pool
Medium
charcoal on tan paper
Dimensions
image: 45 x 45 cm (17 11/16 x 17 11/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the Anne and Jacques Baruch Collection in honor of Dr. Eugene Rogolsky
Accession Number
2002.50.52
Art Historical Context
**Nudes at Pool** (1919) by Czech artist František Drtikol invites visitors into an intimate, square-format drawing measuring 45 x 45 cm, crafted in charcoal on tan paper.oused in the National Gallery of Art's-W Department as part of the Prints and Drawings collection, this work— Classification: Drawing—captures figures gathered at a pool, blending classical themes of the human body with early 20th-century modernism. Gifted by the Anne and Jacques Baruch Collection in honor of Dr. Eugene Rogolsky, it exemplifies Drtikol's skill in rendering form and light. Created just after World War I, the ...