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Schjerfbeck, green then black
Left: my tracing, green then black. Right: Helene Schjerfbeck, Self-Portrait, 1895, oil on canvas — Ekenäs Museum Center EKTA, Ekenäs (Tammisaari), Finland. Public domain.
La Scapigliata and Raphael’s Prato
Left: my tracing. Right: Leonardo da Vinci, La Scapigliata (“Lady with Dishevelled Hair”), c. 1506–1508, oil, umber and white lead on poplar panel, Galleria Nazionale di Parma — public domain.
Sargent’s Violet, in pencil
Left: my tracing. Right: John Singer Sargent, Violet Sargent, c. 1883, graphite on off-white wove paper, 18 13/16 × 13 15/16 in. (47.8 × 35.4 cm), The Metropolitan Museum of Art — public domain.
Muybridge’s Waltz, reduced to gesture
My tracing of Eadweard Muybridge’s Animal Locomotion, Plate 195, “Nude woman dancing a waltz,” 1887 — reduced to weighted gesture lines. Source plate linked, not reproduced (see note below).
Botticelli’s Idealization Simonetta Vespucci
Left: my tracing. Right: Sandro Botticelli, Ritratto di giovane donna, c. 1480–1485, mixed technique on poplar wood, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main — public domain.
Christiaan Tonnis’s Female Warriors
Left: my tracing. Right: Christiaan Tonnis, Female Warrior #14 “Extinction”, pencil and colored pencil on paper, 1981 — CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Matisse’s Lydia: hard line and smoky tone
Left: my tracing of Matisse’s charcoal study of 19 November 1935 (not shown — no open reproduction of that exact sheet exists; see below, and a related but different Matisse charcoal of Lydia from the same year for reference). Right: Portrait au manteau bleu, December 1935, oil on canvas — Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
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Schjerfbeck, green then black
Left: my tracing, green then black. Right: Helene Schjerfbeck, Self-Portrait, 1895, oil on canvas — Ekenäs Museum Center EKTA, Ekenäs (Tammisaari), Finland. Public domain.
La Scapigliata and Raphael’s Prato
Left: my tracing. Right: Leonardo da Vinci, La Scapigliata (“Lady with Dishevelled Hair”), c. 1506–1508, oil, umber and white lead on poplar panel, Galleria Nazionale di Parma — public domain.
Sargent’s Violet, in pencil
Left: my tracing. Right: John Singer Sargent, Violet Sargent, c. 1883, graphite on off-white wove paper, 18 13/16 × 13 15/16 in. (47.8 × 35.4 cm), The Metropolitan Museum of Art — public domain.
Botticelli’s Idealization Simonetta Vespucci
Left: my tracing. Right: Sandro Botticelli, Ritratto di giovane donna, c. 1480–1485, mixed technique on poplar wood, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main — public domain.
Christiaan Tonnis’s Female Warriors
Left: my tracing. Right: Christiaan Tonnis, Female Warrior #14 “Extinction”, pencil and colored pencil on paper, 1981 — CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
De László’s Doña Graziella, 1928
Over a crop of a Christie’s auction.
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De László’s Doña Graziella, 1928
Over a crop of a Christie’s auction.
Matisse’s Lydia: hard line and smoky tone
Left: my tracing of Matisse’s charcoal study of 19 November 1935 (not shown — no open reproduction of that exact sheet exists; see below, and a related but different Matisse charcoal of Lydia from the same year for reference). Right: Portrait au manteau bleu, December 1935, oil on canvas — Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
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Matisse’s Lydia: hard line and smoky tone
Left: my tracing of Matisse’s charcoal study of 19 November 1935 (not shown — no open reproduction of that exact sheet exists; see below, and a related but different Matisse charcoal of Lydia from the same year for reference). Right: Portrait au manteau bleu, December 1935, oil on canvas — Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
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Matisse’s Lydia: hard line and smoky tone
Left: my tracing of Matisse’s charcoal study of 19 November 1935 (not shown — no open reproduction of that exact sheet exists; see below, and a related but different Matisse charcoal of Lydia from the same year for reference). Right: Portrait au manteau bleu, December 1935, oil on canvas — Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
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Christiaan Tonnis’s Female Warriors
Left: my tracing. Right: Christiaan Tonnis, Female Warrior #14 “Extinction”, pencil and colored pencil on paper, 1981 — CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Botticelli’s Idealization Simonetta Vespucci
Left: my tracing. Right: Sandro Botticelli, Ritratto di giovane donna, c. 1480–1485, mixed technique on poplar wood, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main — public domain.
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Muybridge’s Waltz, reduced to gesture
My tracing of Eadweard Muybridge’s Animal Locomotion, Plate 195, “Nude woman dancing a waltz,” 1887 — reduced to weighted gesture lines. Source plate linked, not reproduced (see note below).
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Muybridge’s Waltz, reduced to gesture
My tracing of Eadweard Muybridge’s Animal Locomotion, Plate 195, “Nude woman dancing a waltz,” 1887 — reduced to weighted gesture lines. Source plate linked, not reproduced (see note below).
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Muybridge’s Waltz, reduced to gesture
My tracing of Eadweard Muybridge’s Animal Locomotion, Plate 195, “Nude woman dancing a waltz,” 1887 — reduced to weighted gesture lines. Source plate linked, not reproduced (see note below).
sargent
Sargent’s Violet, in pencil
Left: my tracing. Right: John Singer Sargent, Violet Sargent, c. 1883, graphite on off-white wove paper, 18 13/16 × 13 15/16 in. (47.8 × 35.4 cm), The Metropolitan Museum of Art — public domain.
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La Scapigliata and Raphael’s Prato
Left: my tracing. Right: Leonardo da Vinci, La Scapigliata (“Lady with Dishevelled Hair”), c. 1506–1508, oil, umber and white lead on poplar panel, Galleria Nazionale di Parma — public domain.
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La Scapigliata and Raphael’s Prato
Left: my tracing. Right: Leonardo da Vinci, La Scapigliata (“Lady with Dishevelled Hair”), c. 1506–1508, oil, umber and white lead on poplar panel, Galleria Nazionale di Parma — public domain.
schjerfbeck
Schjerfbeck, green then black
Left: my tracing, green then black. Right: Helene Schjerfbeck, Self-Portrait, 1895, oil on canvas — Ekenäs Museum Center EKTA, Ekenäs (Tammisaari), Finland. Public domain.
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Schjerfbeck, green then black
Left: my tracing, green then black. Right: Helene Schjerfbeck, Self-Portrait, 1895, oil on canvas — Ekenäs Museum Center EKTA, Ekenäs (Tammisaari), Finland. Public domain.