Standing Female Nude
1975
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brush and black ink on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 30.48 × 22.86 cm (12 × 9 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of William H. G. FitzGerald, Desmond FitzGerald, and B. Francis Saul II)
Accession Number
2015.19.2733
Art Historical Context
**Standing Female Nude** Leonard Horowitz, created in 1975, is a striking example of mid-20th-century draftsmanship now housed in the National Gallery Art's Corcoran Collection. This intimate drawing, executed in brush and black ink onove paper, measures a modest 30.48 × 22.86 cm (12 × 9 in.), inviting close contemplation of its fluid lines and poised figure. The standing female nude, a timeless motif in Western art from ancient Greece to modern times, here embodies a sense of quiet confidence and natural grace. Horowitz employs brush and ink—a technique favored for its versatility and immedi...