Monumental Nudes

A striking and unusually large-scale study of a male nude by Antonio Canova, embodying the sculptural clarity and restrained power of European Neoclassicism.

A monumental nude sculpture of a femme torso in bronze by Hattakitkosol Somchai, signed, circa 1970.

By focusing almost exclusively on the serene, monumental female nude, he paved the way for early 20th-century abstraction and redefined the direction of modern sculpture.

From Botero it takes the expanded bodily volumes, the sense of compressed space around the figure, the quiet monumentality of the seated nude. This piece hasn’t adopted Botero's dens...

Executed c.1925-7, the present work is a study of a monumental nude is related to his stone figure Cornucopia now in the collection of the University of Hull.

One, a large seated monumental nude, stretches her hand outward, stoic, sober, and still.

An arresting assemblage of nude figures, executed in white chalk on a dramatic black background, this drawing shows the artist's mastery of the human figure in various poses supine, ...

A large original oil painting on canvas, framed, depicting two abstract nudes, probably late 20th century. Tones of Naples yellow, bubblegum, rust, and fog. Framed in ebonized wood a...

Monumental Theodore Alexander Contrapposto Brass/Bronze Stylized Female Nude...

Brilliantly capturing the intensity and artistry of the sculptor at work, this large and important painting by Oscar Matthiesen depicts his subject with wild, unkempt hair and a lean...

Bold and monumental, this remarkable depiction of a nude Prometheus, kneeling and with his arms chained to the rock, was sculpted by Pierre-Alfred-Noël Cazaubon in the 1930s, probabl...

One of the most stunning and monumental depictions of male nude figures -- and male athletes -- ever accomplished in the Modern era, this large painting shows five nude rowers, relax...

Large, bold and provocative, this very rare bronze sculpture depicts a powerful, muscled nude male figure endeavoring to lift an enormous rock, his legs splayed and his body tensed t...

Monumental and quite extraordinary, this utopian scene -- all cast in a lovely, warm glow -- depicts a wide range of nude figures, mostly male, in a grassy river valley between mount...

Full of tenderness in a moment of rejection and shame, this major Art Deco painting, masterfully executed, depicts Jophiel expelling Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. The two nud...

A unique and remarkable work of art with great historical importance, this monumental Art Deco tapestry celebrating the end of World War II presents a large scene of nude male and fe...

Art Deco Revival Pair of Monumental Floor Lamps with Allegorical Nude Female Figures Gilt & Silvered Bronze USA, 1960s-1970s DIMENSIONS Height: 85 in (215.9 cm) Width: 39 in (99.0...

One of the most striking Art Deco pieces we have ever offered, this large (19" in diameter) bowl or tray depicts a nude Archer in a tropical setting replete with palm trees and cactu...

Dramatically illustrating the legend that says that St. Martin of Tours used his sword to divide his cloak and share it with a naked beggar, this large and striking Art Deco painting...

Created at the height of the Art Deco period, in 1940s France, but clearly inspired by the monumental male nudes of Michelangelo and the high Renaissance in Italy, this 1942 drawing ...

Monumental tall nude portrait painting of a woman with blonde hair.

The entire Vollard Suite was featured prominently in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's groundbreaking exhibition "Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde," whe...

Williams is best known for a set of monumental, free standing female nude figures representing the four seasons that are cousins to the figures here.

Aristide Maillol, (born December 8, 1861, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France—died September 27, 1944, near Banyuls-sur-Mer), French sculptor, painter, and printmaker whose monumental statues of...

He is best known for his renditions of the sensuous and monumental bathing nudes that he produced from the 1880s onward, many of which were inspired by the works of Titian, Rubens, a...

Aristide Maillol, (born December 8, 1861, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France—died September 27, 1944, near Banyuls-sur-Mer), French sculptor, painter, and printmaker whose monumental statues of...

Roger de la Fresnaye (French, 1885-1925) - Femme Nue Couchée Monumental 90% life size nude model painting executed during the zenith and birth of cubism and expressionism.

However, Longman is best known for her "Genius of Electricity" sculpture, a monumental male nude, which stood atop the AT&T Building on Broadway in New York for decades.

Roger de la Fresnaye (French, 1885-1925) - Femme Nue Couchée Monumental 90% life size nude model painting executed during the zenith and birth of cubism and expressionism.

All attention is directed at the image-within-an-image: occupying the entire picture plane, the monumental nude recalls Picasso’s iconic work “La Source” of 1921 from his neoclassica...