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Study of a Seated Nude Female Model Drawing
About the Artwork
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.
Inscriptions
Inscribed lower right corner in black chalk: à Karbowski/Bien amicalement/ P. Puvis de C Inscribed lower left corner in black chalk: M[?] Membré / rue Delambre / 27 Inscription on right margin in graphite: [partially illegible] ... 30 fr [?] 65[?]...
Provenance
Adrien Karbowski; [Fischer Kiener Galerie, Paris, Dec. 1991]
Exhibition history
Mary Cassatt and the Feminine Ideal in 19th-Century Paris. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 14, 2012-January 20, 2013).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824–1898)
- Date
- c. 1888–1898
- Medium
- black chalk
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 23.7 x 30.5 cm (9 5/16 x 12 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Bequest of Muriel Butkin
- Accession no.
- 2010.250
More by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00011611
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