Female Nude Reclining on White Cloth

William H. Johnson, Female Nude Reclining on White Cloth, ca. 1939-1940, recto: tempera on paperboard verso: chalk on paperboard, 28 x 22 in. (71.2 x 56.0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.204R-V

Artwork Details

Title
Female Nude Reclining on White Cloth
Artist
Date
ca. 1939-1940
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
28 x 22 in. (71.2 x 56.0 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Harmon Foundation
Mediums
Mediums Description
recto: tempera on paperboard verso: chalk on paperboard
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure female — nude
  • African American
  • Figure female — full length
  • Occupation — art — model
Object Number
1967.59.204R-V
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1967.59.204R-V

Works by this artist (4 items)

Edward Steichen, Breguet Photographic Plane Brought Down in Flames, World War I, ca. 1914-1918, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1974.34.2
Breguet Photographic Plane Brought Down in Flames, World…
Artist
Dateca. 1914-1918
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Edward Steichen, Jean Walker Simpson, 1923, palladium print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1994.91.174
Jean Walker Simpson
Artist
Date1923
palladium print
Not on view
Edward Steichen, Aerial Bombs Dropping on Montmedy, World War I, ca. 1914-1918, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1974.34.1
Aerial Bombs Dropping on Montmedy, World War I
Artist
Dateca. 1914-1918
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Edward Steichen, Diagram of Doom (Grasshopper), ca. 1926, platinum print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Frank H. Denghausen Endowment, 2019.38
Diagram of Doom (Grasshopper)
Artist
Dateca. 1926
platinum print
Not on view

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