Seated Girl in Chemise (Jeune fille assise en chemise)

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FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG

A woman wearing a pink chemise sits next to a mirror. The mirror tilts toward her, exaggerating the viewer's high vantage point and depicting her reflection in splotchy colors. While the woman's body is ample and exposed, her facial expression is inscrutable, registering perhaps boredom or contemplation. Signed and dated "Pascin 1914" on the upper right, Seated Girl in Chemise is typical of the single-figure studies that the Bulgarian-born artist produced in his adopted home of Paris, just prior to emigrating to the United States at the outbreak of World War I.

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