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L'Origine du monde

Oil on canvas · 46 × 55 cm

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Where to see it

Musée d'Orsay, Paris

About the painting

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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Image: Gustave Courbet; Wikimedia Commons · public domain

L'Origine du monde - Gustave Courbet

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