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Untitled (Standing Female Nude)
ca. 1932-1934
Louise Nevelson
American, born Russia, 1899-1988
Contemporary Art
This spare graphite drawing of a female nude torn from a spiral notebook is one of hundreds that Louise Nevelson created—almost compulsively—between 1929 and 1934, early in her artistic career, when she was experimenting with different media. Incorporating large areas of blank paper, her reductive and distorted treatment of human anatomy emphasizes the two-dimensionality of the picture plane. This flattening effect is counterbalanced, however, by the dynamism of her jagged line and the figure’s monumentality.
- Maker/Artist
- Nevelson, Louise
- Classification
- Drawing
- Formatted Medium
- Graphite on medium, white, smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions
- sheet: 16 15/16 x 13 7/8 in. (43 x 35.2 cm)
- Inscribed
- On verso, inscribed in graphite: "S.S. Goldberg / 521 5th Ave / N.Y.C. / $25"
- Departments
- Contemporary Art
- Accession Number
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