The Woman in the Waves

The Woman in the Waves
ArtistGustave Courbet
Year1868
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions65.4 cm × 54 cm (25.7 in × 21 in)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession29.100.62

The Woman in the Waves (French - La Femme à la vague) is an 1868 painting by the French Realist painter Gustave Courbet, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.[1][2]

The picture is notable for its realistic flesh tones and trace of underarm hair.

The work is on view in the Metropolitan Museum's Gallery 811.

References

  1. ^ "The Woman in the Waves". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Femme à la vague".


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