Ink and watercolour on paper
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Reclining Woman
Purchased 1950
actions: postures and motions
adults
people
reclining
woman
paper unique ink watercolour
Reclining Woman
support: 254 × 381 mm
Purchased 1950
<p><b>Giacomo Manzù</b><span> born 1908 [- 1991] </span>
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<p><span><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/manzu-reclining-woman-n05969" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N05969</span></a> </span><b>Reclining Woman</b><span> 1944 </span>
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<p><span>Inscribed 'Manzù' t.r.</span>
<br/><span>Pen, ink and wash on paper, 10 x 15 (25.5 x 38)</span>
<br/><span>Purchased from the artist through the Galleria del Milione, Milan (Cleve Fund) 1950</span>
<br/><i>Repr:</i><span>
Giulio Carlo Argan, </span><i>Manzù: Disegni</i><span> (Bergamo 1948), 22nd pl. in colour </span>
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<p><span>See the note on </span><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="/art/artworks/N05968" onclick="popTateObjects(event, -1, 'N05968');" title="View details of this artwork"><span>N05968</span></a><span>. The position of the legs, with one knee raised, is in fact closer to the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/sculpture" title="Glossary definition for 'Sculpture'"><span>sculpture</span></a> 'Susanna' in the Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Milan than to the one in the Tate. </span>
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<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/><span>Ronald Alley, </span><i>Catalogue of the Tate Gallery's Collection of Modern Art other than Works by British Artists</i><span>, Tate Gallery and Sotheby Parke-Bernet, London 1981, p.481, reproduced p.481</span>
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Catalogue entry
2004-09-15T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions adults people reclining woman