TITLE: YOUNG WOMAN WITH HAIRBRUSH BY CRAIG TAYLOR

A SKILLED FIGURATIVE CHARCOAL DRAWING DEPICTING A SEATED YOUNG WOMAN IN A CONTEMPLATIVE POSE, HER HAND RAISED TO HER HEAD WHILST HOLDING A HAIRBRUSH. THE COMPOSITION DEMONSTRATES ACCOMPLISHED DRAUGHTSMANSHIP WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO ANATOMICAL FORM AND TONAL MODELLING.

TECHNICAL EXECUTION:
THE ARTIST HAS EMPLOYED CHARCOAL WITH CONSIDERABLE CONTROL, BUILDING FORM THROUGH CAREFULLY GRADUATED TONAL VALUES. THE FIGURE'S MUSCULATURE AND CONTOURS ARE RENDERED WITH PRECISION, WHILST THE DRAPERY OF THE SEATED POSE CREATES DYNAMIC COMPOSITIONAL MOVEMENT. THE TREATMENT OF LIGHT AND SHADOW ACROSS THE TORSO AND LIMBS SHOWS SOPHISTICATED UNDERSTANDING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL FORM.

MEDIUM AND MATERIALS:
- MEDIUM: CHARCOAL ON PAPER
- SUPPORT: WHITE PAPER STOCK
- TECHNIQUE: TONAL CHARCOAL DRAWING WITH BLENDED AND LINEAR MARK-MAKING

IDENTIFICATION:
- ARTIST: CARYL TAYLOR (AUSTRALIAN)
- SIGNATURE: SIGNED IN CHARCOAL TO LOWER RIGHT CORNER
- TITLE: YOUNG WOMAN WITH HAIRBRUSH (AS INSCRIBED ON VERSO)

CONDITION: THE PAPER SURFACE SHOWS MINOR MARKS CONSISTENT WITH AGE AND HANDLING. THE CHARCOAL MEDIUM REMAINS STABLE THROUGHOUT WITH NO SIGNIFICANT LOSS OR DETERIORATION. THE WORK IS PRESENTED UNFRAMED AND WOULD BENEFIT FROM PROFESSIONAL CONSERVATION FRAMING TO PROTECT THE CHARCOAL SURFACE FROM FURTHER HANDLING.

PROVENANCE: PRIVATE COLLECTION. THE VERSO BEARS HANDWRITTEN INSCRIPTION IDENTIFYING THE SUBJECT AND TITLE IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE ARTIST'S HAND.

THIS DRAWING EXEMPLIFIES CONTEMPORARY FIGURATIVE PRACTICE WITH EMPHASIS ON CLASSICAL ANATOMICAL STUDY AND TONAL MASTERY. THE WORK DEMONSTRATES THE ARTIST'S FACILITY WITH CHARCOAL AS A MEDIUM FOR ACHIEVING BOTH DELICATE DETAIL AND BOLD VOLUMETRIC FORM.

Condition: Good - Refer To Images

293552+20

Location of item: 60 Marple Avenue, Villawood, NSW, Australia

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