Painting and Sculpture

L'Origine du monde

L'Origine du monde (French pronunciation: [lɔʁiʒin dy mɔ̃d], "The Origin of the World") is a picture painted in oil on canvas by the French painter Gustave Courbet in 1866. It is a close-up view of the vulva and abdomen of a naked woman, lying on a bed with legs spread.

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• ▸Christ and the Adulteress (Titian, Glasgow)
• ▸Four Policemen
• ▸Ensueños de Amor

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