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Seated Female Nude (Self-Portrait?)

Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1894

MEDIUMcharcoal with stumping
DIMENSIONS[object Object]
LOCATIONCleveland Museum of Art
COLLECTIONDrawings
CULTUREGermany, 19th century
CREDIT LINEPurchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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Paula Modersohn-Becker

Paula Modersohn-Becker, an early German Expressionist, broke artistic conventions by being the first known woman to paint nude self-portraits.

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