Half-length Nude, Lying Down
Date1913
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
frame: 24 1/4 × 28 1/4 in. (61.6 × 71.8 cm)
frame: 24 1/4 × 28 1/4 in. (61.6 × 71.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the John Sloan Trust, 2006
Object number2006-33
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextSloan's first period of sustained painting from nude models was in 1912 and 1913 after a portrait commission allowed him to lease a well-lit studio and hire figure models. This coincided with his experimentation with a delicate color palette of "blue-violets and rose notes."
