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Sylvia SleighWW-2009-M093257

2009·Digital print with lithograph from a portfolio of nineteen digital prints (twelve with lithograph, one with pochoir, one with hand coloring, and one with gold dusting) and one lithograph·composition: 12 x 12" (30.5 x 30.5 cm); sheet: 12 x 12" (30.5 x 30.5 cm)

Catalogue

Year: 2009
Medium: Digital print with lithograph from a portfolio of nineteen digital prints (twelve with lithograph, one with pochoir, one with hand coloring, and one with gold dusting) and one lithograph
Dimensions: composition: 12 x 12" (30.5 x 30.5 cm); sheet: 12 x 12" (30.5 x 30.5 cm)
Collection: Museum of Modern Art
Artist: Sylvia Sleigh

Artist

Sylvia Sleigh

Painting

Sylvia Sleigh was a British painter known for her realist portraits and figurative works, particularly her depictions of the male nude that inverted the conventional male gaze of art history. Working primarily in oil paint, she developed a distinctive approach to representing the human form with psychological depth and formal clarity. Her practice engaged directly with questions of gender, viewership, and the politics of representation in painting.

Llandudno, UK

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