Arachne

Otto H. Bacher

Cleveland Museum of Art

The drawing depicts a woman with long dark hair that flows behind her like a dark cloud. She has one arm raised, holding a part of a web. Her body faces right; her head is tilted back. She appears to be nude apart from a dark cloth wrapped around her lower body. A spiderweb fills the top portion; the woman appears to be emerging from the bottom point of a triangular section of the web. The background of the drawing is a light tan color. The woman's full figure is visible. The artist's signature is visible at the bottom. The title "Arachne" is written in a decorative font.