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Reclining Nude
Gustave Courbet (French, 1819–1877)
about 1840–41
Medium/Technique
Oil on paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions
104.7 x 143.5 cm (41 1/4 x 56 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Samuel Parkman Oliver
Accession Number57.702
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
InscriptionsLower left: G. Courbet
ProvenanceM. Lemercier, Le Havre, France; sold by the daughters of Lemercier [see note 1]. Galerie Robert Schmit, Paris [see note 2]. Makowski, Paris. Galerie Fabiani, Paris. 1954, Oppenheimer, Paris; 1954, sold by Oppenheimer to the Matthiesen Gallery, London; 1957, sold by Matthiesen Gallery to the MFA for £8,500. (Accession Date November 14, 1957)
NOTES:
[1] According to information provided by the Matthiesen Gallery at the time of its purchase.
[2] Information about Schmit, Makowski, and Fabiani is taken from Robert Fernier, La vie et l'oeuvre de Gustave Courbet: Catalogue Raisonné (Paris, 1977), vol. 1, cat. no. 17.
NOTES:
[1] According to information provided by the Matthiesen Gallery at the time of its purchase.
[2] Information about Schmit, Makowski, and Fabiani is taken from Robert Fernier, La vie et l'oeuvre de Gustave Courbet: Catalogue Raisonné (Paris, 1977), vol. 1, cat. no. 17.