paul-georges-american-1923-2002-i-nude-as-is-i
Lot 3494
Paul Georges (American, 1923-2002), Nude As Is
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Graphite and watercolor on Arches paper, signed and dated 1967 lower right, matted and unframed.

Sight Size 10 1/8 x 17 in.; Frame dimensions 18 x 24 in.

Deaccessioned from and being sold to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNC Greensboro

Gifted to Weatherspoon Art Museum in 1980 by Noah Dorksy.

Paul Georges is known for his large-scale figurative allegories and his self-portraits. He learned from and became friends with many other great artists, including Fernand Léger, Hans Hofmann, Larry Rivers, Wolf Kahn, and Jane Freilicher. Georges' works are present in a number of significant museum collections, including the Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon; Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago; Weatherspoon Art Museum at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton; and others. He was included in the Whitney Museum Annuals of 1961, 1963, 1967 and 1969.

Toning to sheet, else good condition.