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A RECLINING NUDE PAINTING BY PAUL SIEFFERT (1874-1957)
Sight Size: H: 18 in / 46 cm | W: 31.5 in / 80.5 cm
DEION
Depicting a reclining female nude on cream bearskin against a blue floral background. Oil on canvas, signed lower right.
PROVENANCE
A noted painter of the nude feminine form, pupil of Gerome, Gabriel Guay and Maignan; exhibitor at the Paris Salon from 1894, winner of the Grand Prix de Rome in 1902; appointed to the Legion d’honneur in 1931; member and jurist of the Committee of French Artists.
LITERATURE
Literature;
Benezit, Librairie Grund, Paris 1976
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