Minneapolis Institute of Art
Nude on a Couch
Gustave Caillebotte
- Date
- c. 1880
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Caillebotte paints his model on a faded floral couch in his bachelor’s apartment in Paris. Her boots and clothes are cast to the side and her body still bears their traces: faint pink impressions on her feet and around her waist. Rather than returning the viewer’s gaze, the woman rests one hand along- side her face, casting it in shadow, and touches herself with the other. This provocative picture—the second-largest painting that Caillebotte ever made—was not exhibited publicly until 1967, when it was acquired by the Minneapolis Institute of Art. France, Europe
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