Seated Nude

c. 1918

Robert Henri

Associated Names
Robert Henri

Artist, American, 1865 - 1929

This painting shows a woman sitting on a blue cushion with one leg bent and the other stretched out. She has dark hair styled in an updo and adorned with a hat or patterned headscarf that features small orange dots. Her facial features are blurred, slowing only dark eyes and a red mouth. She is nude, and her skin is cream-colored, with light pink areas on her face, neck, and chest. Her left hand is on the cushion beside her, while her right hand holds a small oval object up to her face. The background behind her is filled with abstract shapes in shades of blue, brown, gray and green, with hints of dark yellow and bright red. The brushstrokes in the painting are thick and visible, giving the scene a blurred appearance.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Acquired from the Henri estate by A.M. and Lillian Adler, New York;[1] gift 30 January 1967 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] See letter of 22 February 1967 from A.M. Adler, in NGA curatorial file.

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Exhibition History

1980

  • Guy Pene du Bois: Artist About Town, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha; Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, 1980-1981, no. 96, repro.

1984

  • The American Figure: Vanderlyn to Bellows, Mansfield Art Center, Ohio, 11 March-8 April 1984, no. 36, repro.

2004

  • Figuratively Speaking: The Human Form in American Art, 1770-1950, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 20 November 2004-23 May 2005, unpublished checklist.

Bibliography

2011

  • Cash, Sarah, ed. Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Washington, 2011: 302, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q46633840

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