Minneapolis Institute of Art
Reclining Female Nude
Henri LaurensLinkedCulture matchlcp-22b450244be2
- Date
- 1924
- Medium
- Gouache on white ground (painted board) with lines etched in gouache.
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 2761
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
Sculptor Henri Laurens followed his close friend Georges Braque in the pursuit of Cubism and increasingly devoted himself to depictions of reclining female nudes. This painted and scratched drawing is full of tension and ambiguity. Though the image resembles a solid block of stone carved in relief, the angular zones of color seem to move and change. Which planes are closer or farther from us? Is the white triangle in relief; is it transparent? Is the woman emerging from the block, or is it consuming her? France, Europe
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- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wilcox in memory of Alice M. O'Brien
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