Tempera on paper
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/alexandre-jacovleff-1350" aria-label="More by Alexandre Jacovleff" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Alexandre Jacovleff</a>
Nude
Presented anonymously 1939
actions: postures and motions
adults
carnival
clothing and personal items
dress: fantasy/fancy
emotional states and conditions
fancy dress / role play
female
furnishings
legs crossed
leisure and pastimes
mask
mirror
music and entertainment
nudes
objects
people
sitting
society
stocking
symbols and personifications
vanity - mirror and mask
woman
paper unique tempera
Nude
support: 502 × 279 mm
Presented anonymously 1939
<strong>Alexandre Jacovleff</strong> 1887-1938
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<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/jacovleff-nude-n04991" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N04991</span></a> <strong>Nude</strong> <em>c</em>.1937-8
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Stamped with a seal b.r.<br/>
Tempera on paper, 19 3/4 x 11 (50 x 28)<br/>
Presented anonymously 1939<br/>
<em>Prov:</em> Purchased by the donor from Mme A. Jacovleff, the artist's mother, 1939
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The figure (naked except for black stockings and shoes) holds a carnival mask to her face and on the right is reflected in a looking-glass. It is possible that some <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/a/allegory" title="Glossary definition for 'Allegory'"><span>allegory</span></a> of Vanity is intended.
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See also the note on <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="/art/artworks/N04990" onclick="popTateObjects(event, -1, 'N04990');" title="View details of this artwork"><span>N04990</span></a><!--  above -->.
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<strong>Published in:</strong><br/>
Ronald Alley, <em>Catalogue of the Tate Gallery's Collection of Modern Art other than Works by British Artists</em>, Tate Gallery and Sotheby Parke-Bernet, London 1981, p.373, reproduced p.373
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Catalogue entry
2004-09-14T00:00:00
catalogue-entry
CATALOGUE_ENTRY
actions: postures and motions adults carnival clothing and personal items dress: fantasy/fancy emotional states and conditions fancy dress / role play female furnishings legs crossed leisure and pastimes mask mirror music and entertainment nudes objects people sitting society stocking symbols and personifications vanity - mirror and mask woman