Maynard Dixon (1875-1946) Nude signed with initials and dated 'M.D. / March 1928' (lower left) pastel on paper 16 1/2 x 24 1/4in framed 26 x 32in Executed in 1928. Footnotes: Provenance The artist. By descent to Edith Hamlin Dixon, wife of the artist, 1946. By descent to John Dixon, son of the artist, 1988. Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery Inc., Tucson, Arizona. Mr. Darrell J. Theobald, Hinsdale, Illinois, from the above. Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, Inc., Tucson, Arizona. Private collection, San Luis Obispo, California, from the above, 2019. Exhibited Tucson, Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, Inc., Shades of Gray: The Drawings of Maynard Dixon, 2001. Tucson, Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, Inc., Along the Distant Mesa: An Homage to Maynard Dixon, March 8 - April 30, 2019. Nude is one of the finest and largest nudes known by the artist. In the composition, a supine figure lays with her arms stretched above her head. Her form is truncated on the left and right sides. The shapes created by the figure's flesh tones against a dark fabric background mimic a layered landscape composition. Nude is accompanied by original letters dated April 10, 2001 and May 31, 2001 from John Dixon confirming provenance back to his father. Mr. Dixon also confirmed that the patched paper, where the signature is located in the lower left corner, is original to the piece.