Year 1880 Location Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Created 1880 | Medium Oil on canvas Artist Paul Gauguin Period Impressionism | |
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Dimensions 114.5 cm × 79.5 cm (45.1 in × 31.3 in) Similar Paul Gauguin artwork, Other artwork | ||
Study of a Nude, or Suzanne sewing is an 1880 painting made by Paul Gauguin in Paris. It is currently in the collection of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen. The painting depicts a young woman who is arranging a garment in undisguised nakedness.
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Subject
The painting depicts a young, nude woman who is arranging a garment. The scene is set in a bedroom with the woman sitting on an unmade bed against a mauve wall that is decorated with a mandolin and a tapestry. The body of the model is a three-quarter perspective with the head in profile. While the woman's face suggests she is attractive, her body is flabby, disproportionately pear-shaped and intentionally ugly.
History
Despite the impact the painting had on the Impressionist exhibition, Gauguin was unable to sell it. His wife, Mette, refused to hang the painting in their home. However, when Gauguin left his family in Copenhagen, the picture was held by her until it was sold in 1892 to the Danish artist, Theodor Philipsen.