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Graphite portrait of a young woman in three-quarter view

No. 31

Portrait study

Pencil, one sitting of about an hour, worked from the shadow side inward. The hair is blocked in first as a mass, then split into groups and only then into strands — which is why the top of the head turns instead of sitting flat.

The eyes carry most of the time: the thickness of the upper lid, the light sitting under the lower lid, one small highlight left alone. The clothes are deliberately loose — the paper does the rest.

Year
2026
Medium
Graphite on paper
Size
26 × 37 cm
Status
Available
Included
  • Original drawing, signed on the front
  • Single sheet, unframed
  • Rigid flat mailer
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