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Study of a Seated Nude Female Model Drawing
Pierre Puvis de Chavannesc. 1888-1898
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
In this surprising drawing, a nude figure abandons her role as model in favor of drawing. The passive nude has become active; she turns away from the viewer, absorbed in her own artistic pursuit.
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- Title: Study of a Seated Nude Female Model Drawing
- Creator: Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824-1898)
- Date Created: c. 1888-1898
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 23.7 x 30.5 cm (9 5/16 x 12 in.)
- Provenance: Adrien Karbowski; [Fischer Kiener Galerie, Paris, Dec. 1991]
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.250
- Medium: black chalk
- Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right corner in black chalk: à Karbowski/Bien amicalement/ P. Puvis de C Inscribed lower left corner in black chalk: M[?] Membré / rue Delambre / 27 Inscription on right margin in graphite: [partially illegible] ... 30 fr [?] 65[?]...
- Department: Drawings
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Credit Line: Bequest of Muriel Butkin
- Collection: DR - French
- Accession Number: 2010.250
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