Drawing Detail
Portrait of a Young Woman with Flowing HairArtist: Henri Matisse
Medium: Drawings, Charcoal, 50.4x33 cm
Date: 1933
Genre: Portrait
Source: Gift of Lydia Delectorskaya, 1968
Lydia Delectorskaya, Matisse's secretary and regular model, was just 23 years old when the artist captured her in this sketch . Executed in charcoal and stump, which enabled him to model the sitter in soft light and shade, the sketch has all of Matisse's spontaneous impressions of nature.