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  • Reclining Nude, 1883
    August Renoir (French, 1841–1919)
    Oil on canvas

    25 5/8 x 32 in. (65.1 x 81.3 cm)
    The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002 (2003.20.12)

    Nudes and the grand tradition of classical art preoccupied Renoir in the 1880s. In this painting, he paid homage to Ingres' Grande Odalisque (Musée du Louvre, Paris), although he transformed Ingres' cool courtesan into a healthy, pink-cheeked girl, and the harem into an Impressionist landscape reminiscent of the Channel coast.

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    Reclining Nude, 1883
    August Renoir (French, 1841–1919)
    Oil on canvas

    25 5/8 x 32 in. (65.1 x 81.3 cm)
    The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002 (2003.20.12)


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