Artist: Gustave Klimt
Size: 56 x 37 cm
Museum: Colección de Arte Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Technique: Pencil
Our Figura femenina (Female Figure) is one of the typical drawings that Klimt would make when he was beginning to work on a portrait, a theme that occupied large part of his oeuvre. Our drawing presents a seated figure, her torso erect and her head slightly turned to the right, looking directly at the viewer. Her hands are joined on her lap and she holds something in her right hand, perhaps a fan or a small purse. It is interesting to observe that this preparatory drawing presents us with a conclusive vision of the pose and the attitude of the person portrayed, in addition to details of her clothes, and even -to judge by the graphic designs that appear on the seat- invites us to suppose that this is a richly embroidered surface, and it becomes a colorful tapestry. Returning to the figure, the model
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