Henri Matisse (Le Cateau-Cambrésis, 1869 - 1954, Nice)
Standing Nude, about 1900
Graphite on wove paper, 32 x 20.6 cm (12 5/8 x 8 1/8 in.)
This pencil sketch depicts a standing nude woman. Her body and head are heavily contoured with thick black lines. The woman is twisting her head and upper torso to her right, our left. She is looking down past her right shoulder. We see her right hand next to her right hip, but her right arm is not visible. . Her hair is a black triangle with a smudged area surrounding her hair. Her nose is a small triangle in profile. The artist’s signature is present at the bottom right.
Short Gallery
Commentary
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