Reclining Female Nude

c. 1910

William James Glackens

Associated Names
William Glackens

Artist, American, 1870 - 1938

The image shows a woman lying on her side, propped up on pillows. She is unclothed and has long hair styled back. Her facial features are softly defined with eyebrows and lips. She is wearing a bracelet on her wrist. The background consists of a draped sheet and a plain upper background.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Kraushaar Galleries, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1948; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1980

  • The Human Form: Contemporary American Figure Drawing and the Academic Tradition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1980, no. 30

1983

  • American Master Drawings from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1983

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 152, no. 1026.

Inscriptions

lower right in red chalk: W. Glackens

Wikidata ID

Q64637504

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