Reclining Nude, Mornington Crescent

Copyright

Work in the public domain
Image: Courtauld

Maker

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)

Object Number

P.1982.LB.403

Mode of Acquisition

Lillian Browse, gift, 1982

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

Not currently on display

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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.

Inscriptions

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

Provenance

Lillian Browse Gift 1982

Exhibition History

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

A Private Collection of late 19th and 20th Century Paintings and Sculpture, Courtauld Institute Galleries, 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.

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