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Female Model on African Stool

1976
(American, 1924–2022)
America
oil on canvas
Framed: 185 x 155 x 4 cm (72 13/16 x 61 x 1 9/16 in.); Unframed: 182.8 x 152.4 cm (71 15/16 x 60 in.)
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1978.16
© Philip Pearlstein / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Location: not on view
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By cutting off the upper part of the model’s face, Philip Pearlstein breaks in a special way with the tradition of nude painting and portraiture. By not giving the viewer a counterpart who responds in one way or another to his or her gaze, Pearlstein focuses completely on the naked human body. By contemplating on his model’s body as a phenomenon devoid of any identity other than the attributes of sex and skin color, Pearlstein transforms it into a secluded world of forms, comparable to a natural landscape. The depiction comes across as objective and sober—there is no intimate tension or sexual charge.
Female Model on African Stool

Female Model on African Stool

1976

Philip Pearlstein

(American, 1924–2022)
America

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