Nude on an Empire Sofa

1970s

Rudy Burckhardt

Associated Names
Rudy Burckhardt

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1914 - 1999

The image shows a person sitting on a green couch with brown wooden armrests. The person has their knees close to their chest, arms resting on their legs. The person has prominent eyebrows and dark hair, styled back, and wears large, round gold earrings. The background is plain.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Honorable William H.G. FitzGerald, Mr. Desmond FitzGerald, and Mr. B. Francis Saul II, c/o The New York Studio School; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1978; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

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. 210, no. 1413.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Burckhardt; upper right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 210; center left verso in black ink by unknown hand on adhesive label: 97

Wikidata ID

Q64630020

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