Female Nude Lying on Stomach, study for Female Nude from the Back (Weiblicher Rückenakt), 1911 / Christian Rohlfs
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.107
- Title
- Female Nude Lying on Stomach, study for Female Nude from the Back (Weiblicher Rückenakt), 1911
- Artist
- Christian Rohlfs
- Artist Nationality
- German
- Artist Life Dates
- 1849-1938
- Medium and Support
- tempera and ink on brown wove paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1911
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Germany (nation)
- North Rhine-Westphalia (state)
- Arnsberg (national district)
- Hagen
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Germany (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- North Rhine-Westphalia (state)
- Creation Place 4
- Arnsberg (national district)
- Creation Place 5
- Hagen
- Style/Group/Movement
- German Expressionism
- Inscription
- Signed by artist in ink, lower right corner: CR
- Dimensions
- 34.93 cm x 47.94 cm (13 3/4 in. x 18 7/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- study
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- figure painting
- Physical Description
- Figure study of female nude lying on her stomach, from a 3/4 side position of artist. Woman's head is in top left, her torso at lower right of page. Woman's left elbow is crooked, pointing toward viewer. Brown tempera accents the body, while green tempera accents the surface below. Woman's left breast is visible.
- Subject Matter
- Female nude from waist up, as she lies face down, her head turned to the left, and her left elbow propped forward from under her.
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3437 x 2463
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2007/2.107
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2007-sl-2.107/2007_2_107.jpg
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"Female Nude Lying on Stomach, study for Female Nude from the Back (Weiblicher Rückenakt), 1911; Christian Rohlfs." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2007-sl-2.107/2007_2_107.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
