Female Nude
On View In:
Gallery 344
Artist:   John B. Flannagan  
Title:   Female Nude  
Date:   c. 1930-1939  
Medium:   Brush and brown ink  
Dimensions:   18 11/16 x 12 5/16in. (47.5 x 31.3cm)  
Credit Line:   GIft of Dr. and Mrs. John E. Larkin, Jr.  
Location:   Gallery 344  

Fargo, North Dakota native John Flannagan attended the Minneapolis School of Art. He is primarily known as a sculptor, but he appreciated the immediacy of drawing and was a prolific draftsman. He tried to reduce forms to spare calligraphic lines. Here, the result bears the unmistakable imprint of Matisse.

Artist/Creator(s)     
Name:   Flannagan, John B.  
Nationality:   American  
Life Dates:   American, 1895-1942  
 

Object Description  
  
Inscriptions:   Signature; Inscription Signed, inscribed in pencil, LR: [To Friedel John Flannagan]  
Classification:   Drawings  
Creation Place:   North America, United States, , ,  
Accession #:   87.102.1  
Owner:   The Minneapolis Institute of Arts