Study of a Seated Nude Female Model Drawing

Description

In this surprising drawing, a nude figure abandons her role as model in favor of drawing. The passive nude has become active; she turns away from the viewer, absorbed in her own artistic pursuit.

Provenance

Adrien Karbowski; [Fischer Kiener Galerie, Paris, Dec. 1991]

Study of a Seated Nude Female Model Drawing

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

c. 1888–1898

Accession Number

2010.250

Medium

black chalk

Dimensions

Sheet: 23.7 x 30.5 cm (9 5/16 x 12 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Bequest of Muriel Butkin