Françoise Begnat-Borde (XX) - Profil antique au chignon

Françoise BEGNAT-BORDE — Antique profile with a bun

Dimensions: 50 × 65 cm

Pencil drawing on paper depicting a head in profile facing to the left, hair pulled up into a bun and the neck resting on a base evoking a sculpted bust. The precise contour of the nose and lips contrasts with the hatching that shapes the cheek, the hairstyle and the neck.

This study of antique inspiration is part of Françoise Begnat-Borde's figurative work. The treatment of volumes and the construction of the profile recall the tradition of academic drawing after sculpture, in the continuity of sheets dated from the 1960s.

Inscription in the name of Begnat-Borde and handwritten annotations in the lower part. State and marks of the paper visible in the photographs.