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Paul Cadmus | |||
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1904 in New York, NY Died 1999 in Weston, CT |
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| Male Nude, 1966 | ||||
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pencil on paper 14 x 23 3/4 inches Purchased with funds from the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art 1996.12 |
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| This sketch is an example—one of the first—of the series of highly realistic, sensitive drawings of the human body that Cadmus began in 1965. Cadmus' earlier work included a colorful maritime motif, stemming from his love of the ocean and its vessels. But in the mid-1960s Cadmus began to sketch simply the male form, using as a live model his companion of many years, Jon Anderson. In these works, the sketch as finished piece offers an appealing access to the energy of the human muscle and fiber. |