Reclining Nude

George Biddle

1937

  • Titles Reclining Nude (Proper)
  • Artist George Biddle, American, 1885 - 1973
  • Medium lithograph
  • Dimensions sheet (irregular): 10 1/8 × 13 in. (25.7 × 33 cm) image: 6 × 11 3/4 in. (15.2 × 29.8 cm) mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of the artist, 1963.73
  • Work Type print
  • Classification Prints

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