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The Bather

Artist: Robert Laurent, American, born France, 1890-1970
Medium: Alabaster
Dates: ca. 1925
Dimensions: 26 3/4 x 22 1/16 x 13 9/16 in. (67.9 x 56 x 34.4 cm)
Signature: Unsigned
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 35.1009
Credit Line: Carll H. de Silver Fund
Image: Front, 35.1009_front_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Statue of nude, seated woman with long hair that flows in stylized waves over bent proper right knee to ground; torso twisted; proper left arm arches over head and proper right arm bent with hand in hair at back of neck; body has smooth polished surface and hair is textured with horizontal striations. Condition: Good; large chip in front bottom edge; some yellowing of stone around edge.

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