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Female Nude
For her first ten years in Paris Gwen John meagrely supported herself by working as an artist’s model. This life study of a fellow female model was probably drawn at the Acadèmie Colarossi in Montparnasse, which John attended. The models would have changed positions every half hour.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 3560
Acquisition
Purchase, 29/7/1976
Measurements
Height
(cm): 23
Width
(cm): 16
Height
(in): 9
Width
(in): 6
Techniques
pencil on paper
Material
pencil
brown paper
Location
In store
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