Nude Artworks

Works devoted to the nude occupy a fundamental place in the history of art, serving as a territory for exploring the human body in all its formal and symbolic diversity. A central subject since ancient Greece, where the representation of the idealized body constituted the very foundation of sculptural and pictorial practice, the nude has traversed the centuries, constantly reinventing itself in response to the sensibilities and questions specific to each era.

From Titian to Courbet, from Modigliani to Lucian Freud, each generation of artists has negotiated differently the aesthetic, moral, and political issues attached to the representation of the naked body, oscillating between idealization and crudity, sensuality and detachment, celebration and critique.

In contemporary art, the nude breaks free from academic conventions to explore much broader territories, where the body becomes a fully-fledged visual language, capable of conveying narratives about identity, gender, desire, and human vulnerability. Painting, sculpture, photography, and publishing offer a wealth of different perspectives on this inexhaustible subject, each medium bringing its own sensory and expressive qualities to the representation of the body.

On Artsper, this selection brings together contemporary works that explore the nude through diverse approaches and aesthetics, demonstrating the enduring vitality of a subject central to the history of art and the human condition.

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Print, Nu de dos, Aristide Maillol

Aristide Maillol

Print . 50 x 33 x 0.1 cm Print . 19.7 x 13 x 0 inch

€1,200

Print, Deux femmes, Manolo

Manolo

Print . 24.5 x 19 cm Print . 9.6 x 7.5 inch

€1,200

Print, Bonfire, Lisa Yuskavage

Lisa Yuskavage

Print . 38.42 x 32 cm Print . 15.1 x 12.6 inch

€4,000

Print, Glaring Shade, Jenna Gribbon

Jenna Gribbon

Print . 76.2 x 56.9 x 1 cm Print . 30 x 22.4 x 0.4 inch

€45,134

Print, La Toilette, Armand Breton

Armand Breton

Print . 51 x 33 x 0.1 cm Print . 20.1 x 13 x 0 inch

€550

Print, Pensive Nude, Anna Bass

Anna Bass

Print . 20.5 x 13 x 0.3 cm Print . 8.1 x 5.1 x 0.1 inch

€400

Print, Sin titulo, Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Print . 37 x 49.5 cm Print . 14.6 x 19.5 inch

€30,000

Print, Sans Titre, Yann Kebbi

Yann Kebbi

Print . 72 x 91 cm Print . 28.3 x 35.8 inch

€500

Print, Fin d'Absalom, Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall

Print . 53.5 x 39 x 0.1 cm Print . 21.1 x 15.4 x 0 inch

€8,500

Print, Bath, Paul Emile Colin

Paul Emile Colin

Print . 34 x 24 x 0.1 cm Print . 13.4 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€300

Print, Stanton, Claude Garache

Claude Garache

Print . 64 x 51 x 0.1 cm Print . 25.2 x 20.1 x 0 inch

€400

Print, Nus, Manolo

Nus

Manolo

Print . 23.5 x 33 cm Print . 9.3 x 13 inch

€1,200

Fine Art Drawings, Couple in a Cube, Kaiko Moti

Kaiko Moti

Fine Art Drawings . 51 x 71 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 20.1 x 28 x 0 inch

€250