Nude woman reading
(Nu à la lecture)
(1915)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
86.2 × 72.4 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1966
Gallery location
Late 19th & early 20th Century Paintings & Decorative Arts Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
In the series Circular Forms, painted by Robert Delaunay in 1912, colour is released from any association with reality and is used abstractly to create effects of movement and depth. The Circular Forms are seen as the first non-representational paintings by a French artist. However, Delaunay also continued to paint figurative works. In this category is Nude woman reading, where the same colour principles used in the abstract paintings are now applied to the human figure.
Artwork Details
Accession Number
1665-5
Department
International Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Subjects (general)
Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
back views colours (hues or tints) nudes (representations) painterliness reading (activity) seated figures tablecloths women (female humans)
Provenance
With Galerie Fricker (dealer), Paris; from where purchased by Arthur Tooth & Sons (dealer), London, by 1966; from where purchased, on the advice of Dr Mary Woodall, for the Felton Bequest, 1966.