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Richard S. Davis

American

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Edgar Degas, Studies of Feet [verso], 1855, graphite on laid paper, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1995.47.32.b

Studies of Feet [verso]

Edgar Degas · 1855 · graphite on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1995.47.32.b

Edgar Degas, René de Gas [recto], 1855, graphite on laid paper, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1995.47.32.a

René de Gas [recto]

Edgar Degas · 1855 · graphite on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1995.47.32.a

A nude woman sitting with bent knees is carved from white marble in this freestanding sculpture. In this view, the woman’s body faces us. Her right knee, to our left, is bent so that leg lies along the ground. Her feet are together, and the other bent leg is upright. She holds her left hand, to our right, to that cheek so the elbow is close to the raised knee. She leans onto her other hand, which is placed just behind her with the fingers facing in. Her round face tips toward her raised hand, and she has delicate features and wide cheeks. Her hair is parted down the middle, rolled along her hairline, and is pulled back. The square base on which she sits is carved from the same piece of marble. The sculpture is photographed against a gray background.
Aristide Maillol, La Méditerranée, c. 1906, Carrara marble, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1995.47.17

La Méditerranée

Aristide Maillol · c. 1906 · Carrara marble ·  Accession ID  1995.47.17

John B. Flannagan, Nude Female Torsos, c. 1925, brush and black ink on wove paper, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, through a gift of Margaret M. Hitchcock), 2016.23.11

Nude Female Torsos

John B. Flannagan · c. 1925 · brush and black ink on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2016.23.11

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Souvenir of Tuscany, 1844, graphite on wove paper, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1995.47.29

Souvenir of Tuscany

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot · 1844 · graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1995.47.29

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Punchinello's Farewell to Venice, 1798/1802, pen and brown ink with brown wash over charcoal on laid paper, Gift of Robert H. and Clarice Smith, 1979.76.4

Punchinello's Farewell to Venice

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo · 1798/1802 · pen and brown ink with brown wash over charcoal on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1979.76.4

Claude Monet, The Luncheon on the Grass, c. 1865, black chalk on blue laid paper, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1995.47.60

The Luncheon on the Grass

Claude Monet · c. 1865 · black chalk on blue laid paper ·  Accession ID  1995.47.60