Nude Woman

Arthur B. Davies

National Gallery of Art

This drawing depicts a woman from the thighs up, drawn with minimal lines. She is in an upright, slightly angled position, with one arm raised and bent at the elbow, and the other arm stretching off to the right beyond the edge of the paper. Her facial features include defined eyebrows, simple eyes, a small nose, and a mouth that appears to be in a slight smile. She has short, wavy hair framing her face. The woman is nude. The background is plain beige paper, and there is a rectangular border around the drawing.