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About this work

A woman lies on her side, one arm bent behind her head, the other resting on her hip. The lines are simple—just a few bold strokes in black ink on paper. Despiau was only fifteen when he made this. It’s rare to see such confidence in a teenager’s work. The lithograph (a print made from a stone or metal plate) gives the figure a soft, smudged look, like a memory half-remembered. If you like this quiet kind of drawing, look up lithography to see how artists turn stone into art.