Two Nudes with Oak Stool and Canvas
Philip Pearlstein, Two Nudes with Oak Stool and Canvas, 1976, lithograph on paper, Museum Purchase: Caroline Ladd Pratt Fund, © Philip Pearlstein, 80.17
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- Title
Two Nudes with Oak Stool and Canvas
- Artist
- Related People
publisher; printer: Landfall Press (American, established 1970)
- Date
1976
- Medium
lithograph on paper
- Edition
66/100
- Catalogue Raisonné
Field 38
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image/sheet: 29 in x 36 15/16 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
edition; title; signature; date: 66/100 Two nudes with oak stool and canvas. Pearlstein 1976, graphite, lower left
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
- Object Type
planographic print
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
Museum Purchase: Caroline Ladd Pratt Fund
- Accession Number
80.17
- Copyright
© Philip Pearlstein
- Terms
Defying trends in contemporary art, Philip Pearlstein has made the traditional studio nude a cornerstone of his artistic practice. Yet by cutting off the upper part of the models' faces, he breaks with longstanding tropes of nude painting and portraiture and eliminates the possibility for the viewer to return the gaze of the model. Thus stripped of the typical interaction and identity, the bodies become pure form—elements of the studio, just like the props, stacked canvases, and tools.
- Exhibitions
2013 In the Studio: Reflections on Artistic Life Portland Art Museum
