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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris, Île-de-France, France)en_US
dc.coverage.temporalca. 1921-1930 (inclusive); clay casts 1967 (other)en_US
dc.creatorLaurens, Henrien_US
dc.date1921-1930en_US
dc.date1967en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-06T15:07:37Z
dc.date.available2015-01-06T15:07:37Z
dc.date.issued1921-1930en_US
dc.date.issued1967en_US
dc.identifier256105en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 3012en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/172057
dc.descriptionDeux nus couchés, 1930 [AM 1676 S], overall view from front; A series of small studies of female nudes, executed in terra cotta (fired but unglazed clay) from a poured mold. The clay castings (done in 1967, after Laurens death) were based on original plaster maquettes. Laurens returned to sculpture in the round in 1919. After WWI, Laurens rejoined his painter friends (including Braque and Picasso) at the Galerie Simon, which was reopened by Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler on his return from exile in Switzerland. Until the mid-1920s Laurens continued to work in a Cubist manner, gradually toning it down. He abandoned the strict geometry of his still-lifes and devoted himself almost exclusively to the female figure. These figures were all donated to the museum by Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 5/30/2014)en_US
dc.format.mediumunglazed terra cotta (fired clay)en_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectabstractionen_US
dc.subjecthuman figureen_US
dc.subjectTwentieth centuryen_US
dc.subjectCubisten_US
dc.titleNus [collection of small nude maquettes]en_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode7A1-LAUH-NM-G01en_US
vra.culturalContextFrenchen_US
vra.techniquemodeling (forming)en_US
vra.worktypefigurineen_US
vra.worktypemaquette (sculpture)en_US
dc.contributor.displayHenri Laurens (French sculptor, 1885-1954)en_US


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