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Unknown — Farmyard with Sheep & Female Nude: Bust Portrait (A Double-Sided Work)
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Farmyard with Sheep & Female Nude: Bust Portrait (A Double-Sided Work)

1905

This 1905 double-sided work on paper combines charcoal and conté crayon to present contrasting subjects: a farmyard scene with sheep on one side and a female nude bust portrait on the other. The work exemplifies early modernist experimentation with simultaneous composition and material exploration.

Medium
Recto: charcoal and conté crayon on paper

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Impressionist & Modern Art | New York

March 1, 2021

Estimate: $60,000$80,000

Lot 41

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Unknown, Farmyard with Sheep & Female Nude: Bust Portrait (A Double-Sided Work), 1905

This 1905 double-sided work on paper combines charcoal and conté crayon to present contrasting subjects: a farmyard scene with sheep on one side and a female nude bust portrait on the other. The work exemplifies early modernist experimentation with simultaneous composition and material exploration.

Medium
Recto: charcoal and conté crayon on paper
Year
1905
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Monochrome, Sketch, Dual Subject, Paper, Early Modern, European, Nude, Charcoal, Drawing, Figurative

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Collected by

Richard Caswell, Sebastián Naranjo, Jonah Handel, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Ethan Elkins, Alex Capecelatro, Mihail Lari, Cleveland Museum of Art