Carl Newman experimented with color by grinding his own pigments to make vibrant hues. He enjoyed painting nude figures and often surrounded his models with blocks of color to create semiabstract compositions. The figure’s bare skin echoes the colors around her so that she appears to blend in with the background, and the blurred outlines and scumbled brushstrokes create a warmly colored, womblike environment.
- Title
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Nude
- Artist
- Date
- ca. 1915-1916
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 16 1⁄4 x 22 in. (41.3 x 55.9 cm)
- Credit Line
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of Anna McCleery Newton
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard
- Classifications
- Keywords
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- Figure female – full length
- Object Number
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1968.121.4
- Palette
- Linked Open Data
- Linked Open Data URI
