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Homme et trois femmes (Man and Three Women)

Paul Delvaux

Artwork Details

Homme et trois femmes (Man and Three Women)
circa 1940
Paul Delvaux
pen and black, gray, and violet inks and watercolor on tan wove paper
13 in. x 12 3/16 in. ( 33 cm x 31 cm )
Gift of the Lannan Foundation in Honor of the Pelham Family
1997/1.76

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Description

An erotic dimension pervades Delvaux’s work, typified by a mood of unrequited longing and suspended gazes. A female nude typically occupies the central position in the foreground. As in this sketch, attention is frequently drawn to erogenous zones—pubic hair, or breasts; here a nipple occupies the very center of the composition.
Label copy from exhibition "Dreamscapes: The Surrealist Impulse," August 22 - October 25, 1998

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