Oscar Bluemner

Sleep
1936

A painting depicting a stylized nude female figure lying on her stomach with her head turned away from the viewer. The background features abstract shapes in shades of red and black, with a small window-like opening revealing darkness behind. The artwork is signed "LÉGER" in the bottom right corner.

A painting depicting a stylized nude female figure lying on her stomach with her head turned away from the viewer. The background features abstract shapes in shades of red and black, with a small window-like opening revealing darkness behind. The artwork is signed "LÉGER" in the bottom right corner.

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Date
1936

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Tempera on paper mounted on paperboard

Dimensions
Overall: 14 15/16 × 19 7/8in. (37.9 × 50.5 cm)

Accession number
37.31

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/1908

Exhibitions

Highlights from the Permanent Collection: From Hopper to Mid-Century

Feb 25, 2000–May 20, 2006

Oscar Bluemner
17 works in the collection

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