Seated Nude (1908)

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Seated Nude (1908) is an early modernist painting that reflects the artist’s experimentation with African-influenced forms and a move toward abstraction in the depiction of the human figure.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf painting ⓘ
work of art ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance anticipates Cubist treatment of the human figure ⓘ
early example of African-influenced modernist figuration ⓘ
artisticStyle post-Impressionist ⓘ
proto-Cubist ⓘ
colorTreatment emphasis on tonal contrasts ⓘ
limited palette ⓘ
composition single figure composition ⓘ
static seated pose ⓘ
context development of European modernism ⓘ
dialogue with non-Western visual traditions ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
depicts seated female nude ⓘ
feature abstraction of the human figure ⓘ
distortion of anatomical proportions ⓘ
emphasis on planar forms ⓘ
experimentation with non-naturalistic form ⓘ
geometric simplification of the human body ⓘ
reduction of detail ⓘ
genre modernist painting ⓘ
medium oil paint ⓘ
movement early modernism ⓘ
period early 20th century art ⓘ
portrays female body as simplified volumes ⓘ
relatedConcept avant-garde experimentation ⓘ
formal reduction ⓘ
non-naturalistic representation ⓘ
subject nude ⓘ
surface canvas ⓘ
theme exploration of the human body ⓘ
formal experimentation ⓘ
transition toward abstraction ⓘ
usesArtisticInfluence African art ⓘ
African sculpture ⓘ
primitivism ⓘ
visualCharacteristic emphasis on contour and outline ⓘ
flattened pictorial space ⓘ
reduced background detail ⓘ
yearCreated 1908 ⓘ

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African art–influenced Period → notableWork → Seated Nude (1908) ⓘ