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Reclining Nude (Liegenden Akt)

George Grosz

Artwork Details

Reclining Nude (Liegenden Akt)
1915
George Grosz
ink on brown wove paper
16 3/8 x 12 15/16 in. (41.59 x 32.86 cm);28 x 22 in. (71.12 x 55.88 cm)
Gift of the Ernst Pulgram and Frances McSparran Collection
2007/2.119

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Recent Acquisitions: Curators Choice Part I, November 12, 2011-March 18, 2012
George Grosz
Germany, 1883–1959
Reclining Nude
1915
Ink on brown paper
Gift of the Ernst Pulgram and Frances McSparran Collection, 2007/2.119

Subject Matter:

Female nude lying on back with arm in air.

Physical Description:

Nude woman on back, her right hand in air, her head at bottom center with her knees pointed left. Her left arm lies on (suggested) floor, pointing left.

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