Recumbent Figure

1946

Pierre Courtin

Associated Names
Pierre Courtin

Artist, French, born 1921

This print displays interlocking and curving lines forming a collection of abstract, shaded shapes that give the vague impression of a reclining human body. At the bottom of the print is a shape with thin curving lines coming from it, suggesting a head with long hair. Two lumpy, arm-like shapes extend to the left and right of a triangular torso above this head. The rest of the torso and legs seem to stretch towards the top left corner, but the shapes are unfamiliar, made of sharp angles and bulbous round sections. The shading of the different shapes creates the impression of volume in the different spheres, cubes, and cylinder shapes. The background is gray, with a shape that looks like wrinkled fabric near the top right corner.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint and roulette (zinc)

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1948.11.54

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Courtin 1973, no. 30


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1973

  • Courtin, Pierre. L'oeuvre grave, 1944-1972. [Annecy]: Yves Riviere, 1973.

Wikidata ID

Q65081793

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