Stock Photo - Amedeo Modigliani: Reclining Nude from the Back (Nu couché de dos), Amedeo Modigliani, 1917, Oil on canvas, This painting is part of a series of reclining nude figures that Modigliani began in 1917. Characterized by a frank, self-conscious sexuality, these nudes shocked contemporary audiences; one such work was removed by police from an exhibition in Paris for perceived impropriety. Also shocking was Modigliani's mixing together of several traditions across a single figure: while the masklike treatment of the face draws on the vocabularies of African sculpture, the languorous, sensual body recalls the nudes of European painters like Titian and Boucher., Overall: 25 1/2 x 39 1/4 in. (64.8 x 99.7 cm)