Reclining Nude
by Marlene Collins Walker
Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 42.5 x 32.5
Purchased through a National Endowment for the Arts grant, 1977,
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The Artwork
In Reclining Nude, Marlene Collins Walker plays with the idea of the seen versus the unseen. Due to the painting's name, the viewer may expect to see a nude form. Instead, the artist presents the viewer with a still life of clothing and a quilt upon a sofa. The viewer may then infer that if the figure's clothing has been removed and placed in this setting, then elsewhere one might find the reclining nude.