Henri Laurens / Female Nude / 1924

Henri Laurens
Female Nude
1924
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Creator Name: Laurens Henri
Creator Nationality: French
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1885 - 1954
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: Henri Laurens
Title: Female Nude
View: front
Creation Start Date: 1924
Creation End Date: 1924
Creation Date: 1924
Object Type: Drawings and Watercolors
Classification Term: Drawing
Materials and Techniques: Gouache on white ground
Dimensions: H.5-7/8 x W.9-9/16 in.
Inscriptions: Inscribed:Signature; Date; Inscription
AMICA Contributor: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number: 80.65.4
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wilcox in memory of Alice M. O'Brien
Copyright: (c)2002 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris
Rights: http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.cfm and http://www.arsny.org
Context: Laurens is known primarily as a sculptor of simple, free-standing nudes. His sculptures, which were grounded in the Synthetic Cubist style of his friends Braque and Picasso, began to show signs of a new, more restrained classicism after the First World War. In this gouache drawing, Laurens works out the proportions and character of a reclining nude, a subject which took center stage in his sculpture of the early 1920s. With head and legs bound in dark Cubist planes, the hips and buttocks become a site of greater freedom and sensuality, signaling Laurens' own move towards a more naturalistic conception of the human form.
Exhibition History: THE ART OF COLLECTING, 1980-5, MIA, Feb. 16-April 20, 1986
AMICA ID: MIA_.80.65.4
AMICA Library Year: 2003
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