This atmospheric watercolor depicts a nude model leaning back onto a cloth-covered table. Using charcoal and graphite, Josse has given the figure a bold outline with strong, ink-lined, facial features.
Signed and dated to the lower right.
On wove.Even discolouration and some surface marking.
56.7 x 39.9cm (22.3" x 15.7")Sheet: 59.1 x 42.7cm (23.3" x 16.8")
From a substantial collection of figurative and other works by the French artist Francois Xavier Josse (1910-1991).
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Born in Nantes, France in 1910, Francois Xavier Josse was a French painter and sculptor who specialised in life drawings of nude female models.
He studied at Beaux-Arts in Nantes before moving to Paris to further his studies at the Academies of the Grand-Chaumière and the Colarossi Academy in 1930. A retrospective of his work was organised in Paris in 1989.
| SKU | qw446 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Francois Xavier Josse (1910-1991) |
| Date | 1986 |
| Dimensions | 56.7 x 39.9cm |
| Medium | Watercolour |
| Subject | Nudes |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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