Tag: genitalia

Nude Girl with Arms Outstretched (1911)

Schiele, Egon (1890-1918) Nude Girl with Arms Outstretched 1911 Watercolor, gouache and pencil on paper, 48 x 31.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid At the beginning of the twentieth century, when sexuality began to be explored more seriously, some artists — among…

Coin de chasteté (1954)

Duchamp, Marcel (1887-1968) Coin de chasteté (Wedge of Chastity) 1954, cast 1963 Bronze and plastic, 63 x 87 × 42 cm Tate Britain, London In the 1950s Duchamp created a series of four small-scale ‘erotic objects’: Not a Shoe (1950, Jedermann Collection),…

Objet-Dard (1951)

Duchamp, Marcel (1887-1968) Objet-Dard (Dart Object) 1951, cast 1962 Bronze, 78 x 197 × 90 cm Tate Britain, London In the 1950s Duchamp created a series of four small-scale ‘erotic objects’: Not a Shoe (1950, Jedermann Collection), Female Fig Leaf (1961…

Feuille de vigne femelle (1950)

Duchamp, Marcel (1887-1968) Feuille de vigne femelle (Female Fig Leaf) 1950, cast 1961 Bronze, 90 x 137 × 125 cm Tate Britain, London In the 1950s Duchamp created a series of four small-scale ‘erotic objects’: Not a Shoe (1950, Jedermann Collection),…

Le polisseur de marbre (1882-1887)

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Le polisseur de marbre (The Marble Polisher) 1882–1887 Oil on canvas, 65.5 × 81.3 × 1.9 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Toulouse-Lautrec probably painted this work while studying in the Parisian atelier of the popular painter…

Baccanale con torchio (c.1475)

Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Baccanale con torchio (Bacchanal with a Wine Press) c.1475 Engraving, 29.4 x 43.2 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Compare: Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Baccanale con un tino di vino c.1470–1490 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York    

Self-Portrait (1911)

Schiele, Egon (1890-1918) Self-Portrait 1911 Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper, 51.4 x 34.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Egon Schiele‘s career was short, intense, and amazingly productive. Before succumbing to influenza in 1918 at the age of twenty-eight,…

Madonna col Bambino benedicente (c.1480)

Pinturicchio (c.1454-1513) Madonna col Bambino benedicente (The Virgin and Blessing Child) c.1480 Tempera on wood, 53.5 x 35.5 cm National Gallery, London Presented by Queen Victoria at the Prince Consort’s wish, 1863. Pintoricchio painted a number of images of the Virgin…