Louis M. Eilshemius

Samoan Nude

c. 1916

A smiling topless woman adjusts a blue cloth around her hips with flowers in her hair.
A smiling topless woman adjusts a blue cloth around her hips with flowers in her hair.

Louis M. Eilshemius, Samoan Nude, c. 1916. Oil on paperboard, overall: 29 × 20 7/8 in. (73.7 × 53 cm) Image: 28 3/8 × 20 5/16 in. (72.1 × 51.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Elliott Cohn 63.79

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Date
c. 1916

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on paperboard

Dimensions
Overall: 29 × 20 7/8 in. (73.7 × 53 cm) Image: 28 3/8 × 20 5/16 in. (72.1 × 51.6 cm)

Accession number
63.79

Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Elliott Cohn

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

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