Harry Maas (1906–1982) - Naakt

Description of artwork
Work in red ink on paper by Harry Maas (1906–1982), depicting a standing female nude, viewed from behind. The model nearly fills the entire vertical composition and stands with the head turned to the right. Maas builds the figure with thin contour lines and transparent washes in varying concentrations of red ink. The back, hips and legs are largely left light against the warm reddish-brown background, making the body stand clearly forward.
Darker shaded areas along the right side of the figure provide volume and contrast. At the bottom, with loose, decisive lines, a few folds and fabric lying on the ground are indicated. The combination of flowing line work, transparent washes, and left-uninked areas gives the work a light, direct drawing-like quality. Signed in the lower right ‘Harry Maas’. Dimensions of the work approximately 41 × 21 cm; framed approximately 53 × 31 × 2 cm.

Artist's biography
Harry Maas (Nederweert, 1906 – Eindhoven, 1982), full name Henri Frans Hubert Maas, was a painter, draftsman and graphic artist. He received drawing and painting instruction from M.G. Hölscher in Roermond and Anton Kloosterhuis in Nijmegen. After moving to Eindhoven in 1931 he became closely involved with the Eindhoven Sketch Club, where drawing from clothed and nude models played an important role. Maas worked in a variety of painting and drawing techniques and, in addition to figure pieces, also produced portraits, cityscapes, landscapes and still lifes. Especially the human figure and the female nude recur frequently in his oeuvre. In 1937 he had a solo exhibition at Kunstzaal Verheugen in Eindhoven. His oeuvre was later documented in a publication by Museum Kempenland Eindhoven.