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Detail Photograph for The Two Ways of Life

Oscar Gustave Rejlander

Artwork Details

Detail Photograph for The Two Ways of Life
1857
Oscar Gustave Rejlander
photogravure on Lana Gravure paper
20 x 16 ¼ in. (50.8 x 41.28 cm);5 3/4 x 7 7/8 in. (14.61 x 20 cm)
Gift of Howard and Margaret Bond
2019/1.304.6

Description

Physical Description:

Two nude women rest on a leopard patterned surface. The reclining woman at right grasps the right arm of the other woman, who sits upright at center, wearing a pearl necklace and covering her face with sheer muslin.

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