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white nude above orange and blue forms, colored RIVER stencil, collaged pillow, mostly wood background

RIVER: Anonymous Odalisque Reclines with Pillows

acrylic, collage, stencil,pencil

3' x 3'

2011

I was looking at some of the less-traditional poses of art-historical odalisques... those by Egon Schiele, for example, and decided to try a rather different angle for this odalisque. The unpainted background offers a stark contrast to the white figure.