Manchester Art Gallery

Femme au Bord de la Mer

Nicholas de Stael, 1914 - 1955


Femme au Bord de la Mer

Nicholas de Stael 1914 - 1955

Summary

Use of five coloured papers: black, taupe, cream, beige & pink. Nautical scene depicted with three quarters of lower picture underwater. Composition divided into three horizontal bands: sky, water and sea bed. Centre left is dominated by a mermaid figure in pink and in bottom right, there are two black shapes on the sea bed. On sea surface, right, there is a sailing craft with a red flag.


Object Name

Femme au Bord de la Mer

Creators Name

Nicholas de Stael

Date Created

1954

Dimensions

object (object: 22.5cm (8 7/8in)): 22.5cm
framed: 42.6cm x 58cm
frame (frame: 47cm (18 1/2in)): 47cm
mount (mount: 32.2cm (12 5/8in)): 32.2cm

accession number

1995.61

Collection Group

fine art
on paper, unique
foreign

Place of creation

France

Support

paper

Medium

collage (paper)

Credit

Beqeathed by Lady Bernstein in 1995


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