Young Woman in Grecian Dress

Maker Albert Moore (British, 1841-1893)

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Date1891

Mediumpastel on wove paper

Dimensionsimage: 8 3/4 × 3 5/8 in. (22.2 × 9.2 cm.) sheet: 13 1/8 × 6 3/4 in. (33.3 × 17.1 cm.)

InscribedInscription in the artist's hand on a separate piece of paper: Christmas 1891 with Albert Moore's best wishes to Mrs Des Clayes

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Label TextIn this drawing portraying a young woman wearing a classical Greek dress, Moore uses the female figure to investigate the perfect combinations of color, line, and form to evoke aesthetic pleasure. The figure, in golden robes, is set against a leafy green backdrop punctuated by yellow flowers. The focus is not on the narrative but on the balance of light and dark, which is derived from his study of Japanese art, and on the harmonious relationships between colors and shapes that were at the core of his practice (2022).

Object number70.105

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