A Standing Male Nude

c. 1879

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Associated Names
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Artist, French, 1824 - 1898

The image depicts a full-body sketch of a person in a side profile. The person has a hunched-over posture, with their head slightly bowed and arms crossed in front of their chest. The facial features are softly rendered, eyes looking downward, and long flowing hair draping around the face and down the back. The figure is unclothed, shaded with pencil strokes to suggest form and volume. There are no visible jewelry or objects. The sketch is on brown paper with a grid likely for proportional reference.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk with stumping on tracing paper, squared for transfer

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 35.2 × 19.9 cm (13 7/8 × 7 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.56.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Canadian collection; (sale, Christie's, New York, 29 January 2015, no. 133); (via Stephen Ongpin Fine Art); purchased by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Wikidata ID

Q64619629

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