Gustave Courbet, 1866 - The sleep - fine art print

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The sleep is an artpiece created by Gustave Courbet. The original version measures the size Height: 135 cm, Width: 200 cm, Weight: 85 kg. Oil, Canvas (material) was applied by the European painter as the medium of the masterpiece. The original artpiece has the following inscription: Date and signature - Signed and dated lower right "G. Courbet 66". Besides, this artwork is in the the digital collection of Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris. The masterpiece, which is in the public domain is being supplied with courtesy of Petit Palais Paris.Moreover, the work of art has the creditline: . Further, the alignment is in landscape format and has a ratio of 3 : 2, which implies that the length is 50% longer than the width. The painter, sculptor, communard Gustave Courbet was a European artist from France, whose artistic style was mainly Realism. The artist was born in the year 1819 in Ornans, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France and passed away at the age of 58 in 1877.

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• Metal (aluminium dibond print): These are metal prints on aluminium dibond with an impressive depth effect, which creates a contemporary look with a non-reflective surface structure. For the Aluminium Dibond option, we print the selected work of art on the surface of the white-primed aluminum material.
• Acrylic glass print: An print on acrylic glass, often named a UV print on plexiglass, will turn the artwork into magnificient décor. Above all, it makes a distinct alternative option to canvas and dibond fine art replicas.
• The poster print (canvas material): Our poster print is a UV printed canvas with a slightly rough surface finish, which resembles the original masterpiece. It is perfectly appropriate for putting your art replica with a personal frame. Please note, that depending on the size of the canvas poster print we add a white margin 2 - 6cm round about the work of art in order to facilitate the framing with a custom frame.
• Canvas: A printed canvas material applied on a wooden frame. It makes a extra impression of three dimensionality. The advantage of canvas prints is that they are relatively low in weight. That means, it is easy and straightforward to hang the Canvas print without the help of any wall-mounts. Canvas prints are suited for any type of wall.

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What does the curator team of the Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris state about the work of art made by Gustave Courbet? (© Copyright - Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris - www.petitpalais.paris.fr)

Two naked women sleep entwined on a rumpled bed. The painter opposes two feminine types playing on the contrast of skin tone and hair, a redhead with fair skin and a brown complexion matte. A hair comb, a broken necklace and beads were lost in the sheets. In the foreground, a bedside table is filled with pitchers and a cup. In the background, a porcelain vase is adorned with a bouquet of flowers.

The collector Khalil Bey tables is interested in Gustave Courbet as a painter of women and sensuality. Indeed, it has commissioned this table but also "L" Origin of the World "(1866) preserved in the Musée d'Orsay.

Hiffernan, Joanna (known as the Jo Irish)

Naked, Sleep, Woman, Bed, Embrace, Love relationship, Nu