Description
Two nude women stand pressed close together, arms raised overhead to support a heavy green garland resting on a stone lintel above them. The dark-haired figure at the front holds a small bundle of greenery in one hand, while her red-haired companion stands just behind, their poses mirrored in a tall, narrow format.
Painted in 1910 and held by the Barnes Foundation, this decorative panel (130.5 by 45.4 cm) was designed as part of a matched pair, meant to flank an opening the way carved architectural caryatids do. The print keeps the pale, sculptural modelling of the figures close to grey stone in tone, since the picture is deliberately painted to resemble carved relief rather than a conventional nude study.



