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A nude woman braces herself on a wet shore before a curling blue-green wave, turning her face back toward the viewer.
The record
The title names the swell, but the painting is held by the tension between its movement and the figure's composed stillness. The supplied factory record identifies the work as Bouguereau's 1896 painting and marks the source image as public domain.
- Artist
- William-Adolphe Bouguereau
- Date
- 1896
- Medium
- Not specified in the supplied source
- Dimensions
- Not specified in the supplied source
- Culture / place
- France
- Current context
- Not specified in the supplied source
Details to carry with you
- The figure's backward glance creates a direct encounter with the viewer.
- The wave and the body share a looping, sculptural rhythm.
- The supplied source record identifies the image as public domain.
