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| The Sleepers | |
|---|---|
| French: Le Sommeil | |
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| Artist | Gustave Courbet |
| Year | 1866 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 135 cm × 200 cm (53 in × 79 in) |
| Location | Petit Palais, Paris |
Le Sommeil (translated in English variously as The Sleepers and Sleep) is an erotic[1] oil painting on canvas by French artist Gustave Courbet[2] created in 1866.[3] The painting, which depicts a lesbian couple, is also known as the Two Friends (Les Deux Amies) and Indolence and Lust (Paresse et Luxure).
- ^ Dorothy M. Kosinski, Gustave Courbet's The Sleepers. The Lesbian Image in Nineteenth Century French Art and Literature, Artibus et Historiae, Vol. 9, No. 18 (1988), p.187
- ^ Wendy Michallat (2007). Lesbian inscriptions in Francophone society and culture. Durham Modern Languages. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-907310-62-4. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ^ George Haggerty; Bonnie Zimmerman (2000). Encyclopedia of lesbian and gay histories and cultures. Taylor & Francis. p. 311. ISBN 978-0-8153-3354-8. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
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