Description
A tall, narrow canvas. A woman sits with her weight forward, forearms crossed low over her lap, the deep red dress spread in heavy folds beneath her. Her shoulders rise into a pale wash where the face should be, and her hands and feet fade at the edges into the same cream ground she is sitting on.
Almost nothing happens in the picture, which is the subject. The pose is one of waiting rather than rest, held long enough that the figure has started to go out at the extremities.
