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Christian Schad (1894-1982)
Lot 437

Christian Schad (1894-1982)

Liegender Akt

Closed8 November 2012

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USD 158,500

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Christian Schad (1894-1982)
Liegender Akt
signed and dated 'SCHAD 20' (lower left)
oil on canvas
17 3/8 x 23 7/8 in. (44.2 x 60.8 cm.)
Painted in 1920

Galleria del Levante, Milan.
Galleria il Fante di Spade, Rome (1970).
Acquired by the family of the present owner, circa 1978.

Specialist note

Discussing the sitter for this painting, Thomas Ratzka has noted, "Schad's model for this nude painting was a young Neopolitan woman from the Art Academy whose name he could not recall. The girl returns the viewer's gaze lasciviously, with wide eyes. According to the painter, she was an alcoholic, seldom sober" (op. cit., p. 102).