Female nude (study of movement), 1973

Blatt: 269 x 627 mm

Physical Description: Blue chalk on wove paper

Inventory Number: 18142

Object Number: 18142 Z

Acquisition: Acquired in 2023 as a gift from Barbara and Eduard Beaucamp

Status: Request for presentation in the study room of the Prints and Drawings Department

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This ecstatic, masterfully rendered nude is presumably more than just a drawing exercise. What takes place here is an explosion of sensuality to the point of bodily dissolution. It may also be informed by a certain fear of Baroque vehemence: woman as Fury.

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Title: Female nude (study of movement)

Draughtsman

Werner Tübke

Period Produced

20th century

Object Type

drawing

Physical Description: Blue chalk on wove paper

Material

Technique

chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

German

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Signiert unten rechts (mit blauer Kreide): Tübke; datiert in der Darstellung oben mittig (mit blauer Kreide): 1973

Captions Added Later: Verso die Werkverzeichnisnummer links mittig (mit Bleistift): 8/73 [eingekreist]; bezeichnet rechts unten: A 300/71 1.275,- // 35; rechts oben (mit grünem Farbstift): 35B [eingekreist]

Watermark: Nicht vorhanden

Work Catalogues: Tübke-Schellenberger Z 8/73

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15.10.2025