The Bather with Outstretched Arms
1980-1981
Painter, British, 1946 - 2025

Artwork overview
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Medium
Liquitex on museum board (five panels)
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (five panels): 254 × 302.8 cm (100 × 119 3/16 in.)
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Accession
2015.155.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Susan Caldwell, Inc., New York);[1] purchased 1982 by John and Laurie Adams, New York; gift 2015 to NGA.
[1] The dealer lent the painting to a 1982 exhibition that travelled to New York, Guildford in England, and Venice.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1982
New Drawing in America, The Drawing Center, New York; Sutton Place, Guildford, Surrey, England; Museum of Modern Art, Venice, 1982, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
Bibliography
1982
Terenzio, Stephanie, and Jack D. Flam. Graham Nickson: Drawing into Color. Exh. cat. William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, Connecticut, 1982: 27, fig. 47 (not in the exhibition).
Wikidata ID
Q46640353