Profile portrait of a woman

Fine Arts

Inventory number
2021.1.25.4.FA.GR.C1918.FR
Description
Pastel and charcoal drawing representing a profile portrait of a young smiling woman with short black hair, cut on the sides and fringe, and attached into a flat bun on the back.

This portrait shows the changing in the women's hairstyle fashion after the World War I, when ladies started to cut their hair "à la garçonne" abandoning elaborated styles of the past decennies.
Materials
Pastel on paper
Charcoal
Wood
Glass
Origin
circa 1918 France
Dimensions
Length : 32.5 cm
Height : 41 cm