Accession Number
1997/1.76

Title
Homme et trois femmes (Man and Three Women)

Artist(s)
Paul Delvaux

Object Creation Date
circa 1940

Medium & Support
pen and black, gray, and violet inks and watercolor on tan wove paper

Dimensions
13 in. x 12 3/16 in. ( 33 cm x 31 cm )

Credit Line
Gift of the Lannan Foundation in Honor of the Pelham Family

Label copy
An erotic dimension pervades Delvaux’s work, typified by a mood of unrequited longing and suspended gazes. A female nude typically occupies the central position in the foreground. As in this sketch, attention is frequently drawn to erogenous zones—pubic hair, or breasts; here a nipple occupies the very center of the composition.
Label copy from exhibition "Dreamscapes: The Surrealist Impulse," August 22 - October 25, 1998

Primary Object Classification
Drawing

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

Rights
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Keywords
Figures
Surrealism
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flowers
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nudes
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woman
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