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L'Origine du monde

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L'Origine du monde (The Origin of the World) is an oil painting on canvas completed in 1866 by the French painter Gustave Courbet. It presents a close, cropped view of a reclining nude woman's torso and pelvis, with her face left out of the frame. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Year Created
1866 1
Medium
Oil on canvas 1
Location
Musee d'Orsay, Paris 1
Classification
Genre
Painting 1
Sources
1. L'Origine du monde (Wikipedia)
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    1866
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    Oil on canvas
  • Lead section, sentence 2
    Musee d'Orsay, Paris
  • Genre reference
    L'Origine du monde (The Origin of the World) is an oil painting on canvas completed in 1866 by the French painter Gustave Courbet.
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