A monochrome figure study of a woman with long dark hair and a raised arm turning against a scratched black ground, painted in whites, greys and inky blacks

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To scale: room 4.2 m wide, sofa 1.9 m

Collection work · Paintings · Figures and nudes

Turning in the Dark

AE-P-0081

Medium
Acrylic on canvas
Size
45 × 60 cm (17.7 × 23.6 in)
Presentation
Slim silver metal frame, plain rectangular profile
Signed
Yes, lower right, script signature
Present location
In the studio, Surrey
Certificate
Numbered certificate of authenticity with every original
1 metre at this scale· 1.7 m human at this scale

About the size of a large hardback book open flat.

£1,540

  • Signed by Anahita
  • Numbered certificate
  • Direct from the artist
  • Insured UK delivery included
  • 14-day right to return
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  • A story card in Anahita's own words
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About this work

This is painting as drawing: the whole figure is set down in a handful of confident sweeps. Notice the black ground worked over with dry cross-hatched brush marks, and how the pale flesh tones are lifted almost like chalk against a blackboard. The face is barely a suggestion; the arm and the fall of the hair do all the storytelling.

Provenance

  1. The artist, Surrey

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