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Reclining Nude, Mornington Crescent

Maker

(Artists)
1860-1942

Title

Reclining Nude, Mornington Crescent

Date of Production

1905

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

Height: 40.6 cm (canvas)
Width: 50.7 cm (canvas)

Accession Number

P.1982.LB.403

Mode of Acquisition

Lillian Browse, gift, 1982

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords







Label Text

This is one of Sickert’s first nudes produced in the shabby surroundings of a lodging room, which he took at 6 Mornington Crescent, an insalubrious part of Camden Town. Over the following decade he produced a series of nudes in similar surroundings. The unidealised treatment of his nudes offended conventional taste and their murky settings prompted associations with the darker side of London life. The sketchy character of this painting conveys a sense of immediacy whilst the curvaceous quality of his line and the delicate glimmers of light contrast with the otherwise oppressive atmosphere of the room.

Provenance

Lillian Browse Gift 1982

Exhibition History

Walter Sickert - The Camden Town Nudes, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 25/10/2007-20/01/2008

A Private Collection of late 19th and 20th century Paintings and
Sculpture
, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 12/02/1983-10/04/1983

Literature

A Private Collection of late 19th and 20th century Paintings and Sculpture, Courtauld Institute Gallery, London, 1983
cat. no. 61
Fig. p. repr.

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : signed by artist : top right hand corner : : Sickert

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