Reclining Woman

c. 1850s

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze

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Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze

Artist, American, born Germany, 1816 - 1868

The image shows a sketch of a woman seated with one leg crossed over the other. Her upper body is slightly leaning back against a cushioned surface. She has a calm expression and direct gaze, long straight hair, and wears a long, flowing garment with fitted sleeves and a belt around her waist. The woman is barefoot and rests on a patterned textile near a basket. Faint outlines of foliage are in the background.

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Provenance

Rear Admiral Eugene Henry Cozzens Leutze (son of the artist), New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1917; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

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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. 36, no. 253.

Wikidata ID

Q64559353

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