The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Nude #1, 2, 3: Nude # 3
1984
(American, 1904–1999)
published by
Gift of Barry Bradley 2009.595
© Estate of Paul Cadmus/ VAGA, NY
Catalogue raisonné: Davenport 57
Location: not on view
Description
After traveling to Italy in the early 1930s, American artist Paul Cadmus became fascinated with Renaissance art and adopted certain Renaissance drawing styles, especially when rendering male nudes. He placed nudes like this one in tight boxes, focusing on how the tension of the body conveys physical and emotional struggle. The lines in the background of this print imply a shifting momentum from left and right toward the center. Like Michelangelo, he rendered his nudes sculpturally, employing finely hatched lines to define their musculature and to create the effect of light reflecting on marble.- Master/Apprentice: Imitation and Inspiration in the Renaissance. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 13, 2019-February 23, 2020).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2009.595