
Nu debout
1917
Rendered in fluid ink washes, this standing nude exemplifies Pascin's economy of line and his ability to suggest volume and sensuality with minimal means.
- Medium
- Encre de Chine
- Location
- Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Paris, France
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Egon Schiele
Austrian · b. 1890

Schiele shared Pascin's commitment to expressive figurative drawing with ink and wash, capturing the nude human form through economy of line and raw psychological intensity. His standing nude figures on paper demonstrate the same modernist sensibility of suggesting volume and sensuality through restrained yet fluid mark making.

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Swiss French · b. 1859

Steinlen worked extensively in ink on paper with fluid washes to depict the human figure, sharing Pascin's Parisian milieu and his approach to monochromatic figurative drawing. His nude studies demonstrate a similarly loose and expressive line quality that prioritizes gestural suggestion over rigid academic contour.

Henri Matisse
French · b. 1869

Matisse produced ink drawings of standing nudes that rely on the same economy of line to convey volume and sensuality, using minimal strokes to define the entire figure with confidence. His monochromatic figure studies on paper from the same early twentieth century period share Pascin's modernist reduction of form to essential expressive gesture.

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