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Interlude (add media citation? hyperlink?) is an oil on canvas work by mid-20th-century painter John Koch, completed in 1963. It is one of Koch’s many known works featuring a nude model and himself in-studio. Interlude along with other pieces such as The Sculptor (1964) (add media citation), and Painter and Models (1972) (add media citation) present the theme of a scene in which artist and model are in the midst of taking a break (MAG citation). Nakedness of the model is still portrayed, but in an unprompted and naturalistic state different from whatever artificial pose they might have been in. The model is alongside Koch before his unfinished canvas, in his high end domestic space - a fourteen bedroom apartment on Central Park West (Silver citation). An interaction between Koch and the model, or the model and another subject, is customarily caught in frame. Interlude depicts Koch’s wife, Dora Zaslavsky, handing the model a cup of tea for example. This unique take on the nude portrait is a stand out feature of Koch’s body of work. In addition to subject matter, Koch's painting style reflects traditional European realism, somewhat of a rare sight in post-war American Expressionism (Silver citation).