Amedeo Modigliani: Reclining Nude from the Back (Nu couché de dos), Amedeo Modigliani, 1917, Oil on canvas, This painting is part of a series of reclining nude figures that Modigliani began in 1917. Characterized by a frank, self-conscious sexuality, these nudes shocked contemporary audiences; one such work was removed by police from an exhibition in Paris for perceived impropriety. Also shocking was Modigliani's mixing together of several traditions across a single figure: while the masklike treatment of the face draws on the vocabularies of African sculpture, the languorous, sensual body rec

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