Reclining Nude

1931

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Associated Names
David Alfaro Siqueiros

Artist, Mexican, 1896 - 1974

The image shows a person lying on their back, with their upper body slightly propped up and one knee bent. The person's facial features are detailed, showing closed eyes, lips slightly parted, and styled hair close to the head. The subject is unclothed, and there are no visible jewelry or objects being held. The background is a shaded area, with a textured dark shade in the rest of the background.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 41.28 × 57.79 cm (16 1/4 × 22 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 52.86 × 69.85 cm (20 13/16 × 27 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1944.2.73

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2016

  • Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Gallery in Prague, Prague 1; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2016 - 2017, no. 92.

Inscriptions

recto: below image, at left, in graphite: 9/35; below image, at right, in graphite: A Siqueiros [underlined]; verso: none

Markings

recto: none; verso: National Gallery of Art

Watermarks

B [fragment]

Wikidata ID

Q65019465

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