Reclining Nude [recto]

Paul Gauguin

1894/1895

Reclining Nude [recto] by Paul Gauguin

Medium

pastel and black crayon over charcoal, corrected with white gouache, on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 30.6 x 62.1 cm (12 1/16 x 24 7/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Gift of Robert and Mercedes Eichholz, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1990.77.1.a

About the Artist

Paul Gauguin · 18481903

Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) was a French Post-Impressionist painter whose bold experiments with color, form, and subject matter made him one of the most influential figures in the transition from 19th-century art to modernism. His rejection of European civilization for the perceived authenticity of 'primitive' cultures established an archetype of artistic exile that continues to resonate. Gauguin's ...

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