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Female Nude from the Back

c. 1889

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The story

From 1883 Eakins photographed students and professional models nude from several angles and often showed the pictures at his school. In 1886 he was forced to resign from the Pennsylvania Academy for removing a male model's loincloth before a class that included women.

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Object details

Title: Female Nude from the Back
Artist: Thomas Eakins
Date: c. 1889
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Platinum print
Object type: Prints
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Credit line: Image source The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access. License Public domain (Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true).
Object number: EFA.0342
Original image: 3000 × 1677 px
Source record: View on The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Thomas Eakins. Female Nude from the Back. c. 1889. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Image source The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access. License Public domain (Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true). In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0342/