Complete exposure of French artist's model (6)

I believe the answer is:

denude

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'complete exposure of french artist's model' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'of french artist's model' is the wordplay.
'of french' becomes 'de' ('of' in French).
'artist's model' becomes 'nude' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'de'+'nude'='DENUDE'

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(Other definitions for denude that I've seen before include "Strip, deprive, of" , "Strip away cover, make bare" , "Dundee (anag.)" , "Uncover" , "Put off covering" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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