Reclining Nude

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Medium

graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 17.5 × 24.6 cm (6 7/8 × 9 11/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Department

CG-W

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

Accession Number

2012.92.22

About the Artist

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), born Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso in Málaga, Spain, was the son of José Ruiz Blasco, a painter and art professor who served as his first teacher. From age seven, Picasso trained under his father in figure drawing and oil painting, mastering naturalistic techniques by copying mas...

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