Collections: American Art: Nude with Apple

Nude with Apple

Is this a modern Eve about to take a bite of the apple? William Glackens certainly counted on his viewers to make that association. Moreover, he offered a fresh American update on the subject of the nude studio model, paraphrasing one of France's most famous paintings, Edouard Manet's Olympia.

Artist: William Glackens, American, 1870-1938
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dates: 1909-1910
Dimensions: 40 5/8 x 57 1/2 in. (103.2 x 146.1 cm)
Signature: Signed lower left: "W. Glackens"
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in American Identities: A New Look, 5th floor
Accession Number: 56.70
Credit Line: Dick S. Ramsay Fund
Image: Overall, 56.70_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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