Seated Female Nude (Self-Portrait?)

Paula Modersohn-Becker, c. 1899

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Seated Female Nude (Self-Portrait?), c. 1899. charcoal with stumping.

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charcoal with stumping · Sheet: 62.2 x 33.9 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art

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Museum title: Seated Female Nude (Self-Portrait?)
Artist: Paula Modersohn-Becker (German, 1876–1907)
Date: c. 1899
Medium: charcoal with stumping
Dimensions: Sheet: 62.2 x 33.9 cm (24 1/2 x 13 3/8 in.)
Credit line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Cleveland Museum of Art

Artist’s life 1876–1907

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