Figure in the round
ca. 1888
Gustav Schraegle’s delicate sketch captures a nude figure in a tense, crouching pose, enclosed within a faint circle that hints at a design for a medallion or round relief. The arching handwriting at the top and the archive number '15621' stamped on the right reveal this as a working study, a behind-the-scenes look at the artist's creative process around 1888. Working in the Realist tradition, Schraegle focuses on the anatomical structure and movement of the body, freezing a moment of potential energy before it becomes a finished sculpture.
- Technique
- Graphite on paper
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- Paper
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