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Standing Nude, Rear View

Fernand Léger

Artwork Details

Standing Nude, Rear View
1911
Fernand Léger
pen and ink on tan paper
12 x 9 ¼ in. (31.91 x 23.65 cm);12 9/16 in x 9 3/10 in (31.91 cm x 23.65 cm);22 ⅛ in x 18 ⅛ in (56.2 cm x 46.04 cm)
Museum Purchase
1948/1.272

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Léger was one of many French, German, and Austrian avant-garde artists in the early 20th century who practiced a gestural form of drawing introduced by Rodin. This method attempted to record quickly the essence of the contour and movement of the model's body as well as the expressive path of the artist's hand and mind.

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