About the Artwork
Reclining Nude
mid 20th century
Paul Cadmus
1904-1999
American
Unknown
Graphite pencil on cream laid paper
Sheet: 7 3/4 × 10 1/4 inches (19.7 × 26 cm)
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Gift of Mrs. Sylvia Portnoy in memory of Lou Cohen
68.176
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Markings
Signed in pencil, lower left: Cadmus
Inscribed in pencil, lower right: Valerie 30
Watermark, lower center: FGH [in ornate script]
Provenance
1968-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Paul Cadmus, Reclining Nude, mid 20th century, graphite pencil on cream laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Sylvia Portnoy in memory of Lou Cohen, 68.176.
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