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Nude Torso

ca. 1931-1935

Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A sculpture of painted plaster depicting a the torso of a nude woman. Painted a dark gold, the body is shown from mid-thigh to the neck. The figure bends slightly forward and to the right, with the left hand placed above the breast, palm flat and fingers spead. The right arm is held straight and slightly to the rear of the right side. The sculpture is mounted on a square block of dark wood.

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Catalog reference: 2014.233.2

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