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3D modely ARTAutumn at Tate Modern, London
Title Autumn Artist Henri Laurens (1885-1954) Date 1948 (later cast) Medium Bronze Dimensions Accession # T01111 Credit Purchased 1969 'I aspire to be a ripeness of form' Laurens said. 'I should like to succeed in making it so full, so juicy that nothing could be added.' This monumental figure is a luxuriant embodiment of nature. Although the title, Autumn, was only added after the work was completed, its bursting form suggests the fruitfulness of the season. It is one of a number of sculptures Laurens made in the 1940s relating to the traditional odalisque or exotic, reclining female nude.Laurens made a number of sculptures of nude female figures in the late 1930s and 1940s with such titles as 'Morning', 'Night', 'Dawn' and 'Summer'. The title 'Autumn' given to this one was probably suggested mainly by the ripe, luxuriant fullness of the forms, and by the impression that the figure is basking in the sun. The artist's son Claude Laurens writes that, except in very special cases, the sculptures were not titled until they were finished, and then this was done according to whatever the work suggested to his father at that time. He does not think that Laurens deliberately set out to make the hair look like leaves, though this unintentional resemblance may have helped to give him the idea of choosing this title (letter of 3 April 1973). There are altogether eight bronze casts of this work, an edition of six, an artist's cast and an extra cast marked 'M.N.' made for presentation to the Musee National d'Art Moderne in Paris as part of the Laurens Gift. One cast (1/6) is now in the Kunstmuseum in Basle, one (3/6) in the Nationalgalerie in Berlin and another (4/6) in the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. (Credit; Tate) náhodný výběr modelů
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