The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 27, 2022

Standing Male Nude

1885

Frederick William MacMonnies

(American, 1863-1937)

America, 19th century

Charcoal and brown chalk

Support: Beige(2) laid paper (modern)

Sheet: 61.7 x 39 cm (24 5/16 x 15 3/8 in.)

Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon 1939.545

Location

not on view

Description

The sculptor Frederick MacMonnies is chiefly known for his exuberant, sensual nudes, such as those decorating the huge fountain of 1893 for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, which featured dozens of frolicsome, stark-naked female figures. Curiously, his drawings reveal a different side of his talent—a detailed, slightly somber realism, which brings out the unidealized individuality of his models.

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed, lower right, in graphite: MacMonnies / 1885

Exhibition history

Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 4/19/98 - 7/12/98. "American Drawings from the Permanent Collection."

America Draws. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1984-March 17, 1985).

American Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1939.545