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Nude with Dressing Gown

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Nude With Dressing Gown
ArtistJohn Brack
Year1967
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions115.7 cm × 81.5 cm (45.6 in × 32.1 in)
LocationNational Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Nude With Dressing Gown is a 1967 painting by Australian artist John Brack. The painting depicts a nude woman putting on a dressing gown. Unusually for a Brack nude, the painting is a not a formal sitting; instead the subject is "caught ... in a more private moment as she modestly dons a gown".[1]

If his subject was not glowing with an almost fluorescent, irradiated green, this would be one of Brack's most sensual pictures. His model is lithe, adorned with a fashionable 1960s-style bob. She is far from Rubenesque, but the twist of hip is distinctly feminine. ... But any sensuality is counterbalanced by Brack's garish colouration.

— Ashley Crawford, [1]

The work is part of the Joseph Brown Collection at the National Gallery of Victoria.

References

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  1. ^ a b Crawford, Ashley (16 December 2006). "A strangeness stripped bare". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
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