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Amedeo Modigliani - Female nude 1916 is a radical reworking of the conventions of figurative painting and sculpture in
western European art. The sensuous pose of the sleeping model, her head tilted to one side, is typical of the vast number
of classicising nudes that were shown annually at the Salon in Paris.However, the woman’s elongated face and boldly
simplified features derive in generalised terms from the traditions of non-western art and testify to Modigliani’s knowledge
of Egyptian, African and Oceanic sculpture - ArtsViewer.com