Drowsy Summer Days

Isabel Codrington (1874-1943): Drowsy Summer Days - Others painted reclining nudes during the twenties, but none is quite so sensitively handled as that of Codrington… Her model’s attenuated torso, pale skin, and the cool, silken cloths and cushions on which she rests recalls the classic confections of Ingres. Drowsy Summer Days contains some of Codrington’s most subtle transitions in the treatment of flesh and fabric…