Saturday, March 31, 2012

Interpretations of Odalisque in Grisaille

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and Workshop, Odalisque in Grisaille, 1824-34, oil on canvas

"De Kooning's drawing, Reclining Nude (Juliet Browner) (c.1938), which hovers between figuration and geometric abstraction, may be seen as a modernized and inverted interpretation of [Ingres's] painting." --De Kooning: A Retrospective by John Elderfield

Similar Works:

Annibale Carracci, ItalyVenus with Satyr and Cupids, 1588
Diego Velazquez, SpainVenus

Could this be the Stephen Wilkes's interpretation?  

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