Nude on a Canape

1926

Jules Pascin

Associated Names
Jules Pascin

Artist, French, 1885 - 1930

The image shows a sketch of a reclining figure, viewing the entire body from a top-down perspective. The person is lying on their back with one arm raised, and their legs are bent at the knees, suggesting a relaxed position. The face is turned slightly to one side with lightly sketched features and dark, short hair. The figure appears unclothed, with minimal detailing on the fabric underneath. There are no visible accessories or objects being held. The background is plain, with shading around the figure, indicating a resting surface, likely a bed or sofa.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite and stumping on buff paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    overall: 38.4 x 25.5 cm (15 1/8 x 10 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.57.23

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hemin 1991, no. 906

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Galerie Paul Prouté, Paris); Ruth Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C., (Lugt 4740), purchased 1976; gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1976

  • Dessins originaux ancients et modernes..., Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris, 1976, no. 97.

Bibliography

1991

  • Hemin, Yves. Pascin: Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 2. Paris: A. Rambert, 1984-91, no. 906.

Inscriptions

upper right in graphite: pascin

Wikidata ID

Q64591632

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