Seated Male Nude with Extended Leg
A charcoal drawing on cream paper shows a seated male nude, torso and head cropped at the top, one leg bent toward the lower left and the other stretched diagonally to the right. Soft smudged shading models the muscles and creates a sculptural, study-like quality.
- Artist
- John Singer Sargent
- Date
- 1917/21
- Medium
- Charcoal (recto and verso) with stumping on ivory laid paper
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 1306 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1921).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Friends of American Art Collection