Recumbent Nude Woman (Femme nue allongée), 19th century, François Rupert Carabin, French, Saverne, Bas-Rhin 1862–Strasbourg 1932, 8 7/8 × 14 1/4 in. ( × cm) (sheet), Charcoal, France, 19th century, Rupert Carabin was a master carver who put his talents to use making elaborate Art Nouveau furniture, usually featuring elements carved as female nudes. To build up a repertoire of poses, Carabin made photographic studies of prostitutes. Lots of them. And often in seductive poses. Some 700 are preserved at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris.

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