Half-Length of a Reclining Woman

Oskar Kokoschka's Half-Length of a Reclining Woman (1931/32) is a red chalk drawing on cream wove tracing paper. The red chalk medium gives the drawing a warm, luminous quality. The figure of a reclining woman is rendered with Kokoschka's characteristic expressive line, the tracing paper support allowing for a luminous, translucent effect.

Kokoschka's red chalk drawings demonstrate his mastery of line and his ability to capture the human form with expressive economy.

This red chalk drawing of a reclining woman captures the figure with Kokoschka's expressive line and the warm luminosity of the medium.