It conveys an identity to the subject of the work. Graham's work is a far softer looking painting, as it is painted in oil, with casein, charcoal, chalk, pencil, pen and ink on Masonite rather than pure, flat oil on canvas. It showcases "Celia," a woman with a classically hourglass figure and long, soft hair against a black background more reminiscent of a 19th century or classical nude than a modernist depiction of a woman, even though the painting was created at the same time as "Woman." Celia is not nude; rather she wears a thin and gauzy dress that emphasizes her shape.
The Graham woman's skin is a realistic peach shade, with varying shades of pink and darker shadings around the eyes, although her perfectly styled hair is somewhat cloud-like in shape, without a differentiation of texture. The flat, black background assures that the viewer's focus is on the woman alone and nothing else. But black is a cool tone, and the cool compliments the cool pinks of the woman's skin, dark hair, and white dress, unlike the contrasts between primary warm and cool colors in "Woman" that created a clash or lack of harmony between the colors used, and the shapes of the figure in the foreground and the room in the background. "Celia" is a work of balance and symmetry, down to Celia's figure.
The colors of the woman's skin and her nearly transparent bodice, her realistically non-pneumatic breasts, show a sympathetic, warm attitude to "Celia" on the part of the artist, as if the artist sees the woman as something that is not merely a subject of art. This shines...
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