Nude with Wet Drapery Vintage Heliogravure by Sylvio Rey 1940
Offered by: Martell Gallery
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Nude with Wet Drapery — Vintage Heliogravure by Sylvio Rey, 1940


Offered by: Martell Gallery

$ 2,100
  • Description
    A striking heliogravure by Sylvio Rey, 1940, depicting a female nude sheathed in clinging, wet drapery, the fabric streaming across the body in long diagonal folds and pooling in shadow. The effect recalls the "wet drapery" technique prized since antiquity — most famously in the Nike of Samothrace — in which soaked fabric is used to reveal, rather than conceal, the form beneath it. Rendered in high contrast and cropped tightly against a plain ground, the image sits closer to abstraction than to conventional figure study, with the fabric's rippling folds transformed into a sweeping, almost sculptural pattern of light and shadow. The rich blacks and finely graduated tones are characteristic of the heliogravure process, an intaglio printing technique valued for its exceptional depth and permanence.

    Presented in a gilt-toned frame with a wide off-white mat. In excellent vintage condition, consistent with age.
  • More Information
    Origin: France
    Period: 1920-1949
    Materials: Vintage Heliogravure
    Condition: Good. excellent vintage condition
    Creation Date: 1940
    Styles / Movements: Conceptualism, Modernism, Black & White
    Dealer Reference #: A2181
    Incollect Reference #: 877462
  • Dimensions
    W. 17 in; H. 21 in; D. 1.5 in;
    W. 43.18 cm; H. 53.34 cm; D. 3.81 cm;
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