Reclining Female Nude, by Charles Despiau

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'Reclining Female Nude'
Bronze, cast, with dark brown patina, slightly polished.. The reclining figure rests on her left elbow; the right knee is raised and the right hand and arm rest on it; the left leg, flat on the ground, is crossed under the other. The left elbow is raised on a pillow. The figure is attached to its base.
France
C.1922

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DESPIAU, Charles 'Reclining Female Nude' Bronze, cast, with dark brown patina, slightly polished.. The reclining figure rests on her left elbow; the right knee is raised and the right hand and arm rest on it; the left leg, flat on the ground, is crossed under the other. The left elbow is raised on a pillow. The figure is attached to its base. France C.1922

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Accession Number: M.1-1940
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Aperture: f/29.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 536 pixels
Image width: 760 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows
Filesize: 65.69kB
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 29/1
Captured: 2009:01:28 00:32:30

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20th Century Charles Despiau Fitz_AA French Object Type Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_PCtd bronze classicism despiau female figures lady lying nude reclining recumbent sculpture woman

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