Nude

Félix Jacques Antoine Moulin

National Gallery of Art

These are two identical sepia-toned photographs placed next to each other. The photographs show a woman lying reclined on a bed. She is positioned on her side, her head towards the left and propped up on one of her hands. She is looking out at us. She has pale skin and long, dark hair that cascades over her shoulders. The woman appears to be nude, but upon closer inspection it seems she is wearing a sheer garment. Behind her seems to be a large mirror, showing us the back of her body. The setting is framed by white drapes or curtains with a floral pattern, and the bed beneath her has thin brown posts and a gray knitted or crocheted blanket with some white spots. The two photographs are contained in square framed with rounded corners on the top, and they are next to each other on a black surface with a purple border.