Salomé au loup (Salome with the wolf)

Marie Laurencin

1907

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Four figures that appear to be starving are sitting on a small mound, pleading with those that are passing by. One figure lays flat on the right. A woman dressed nicely walks by with her head down. A nicely dressed man is partially seen on the left.
Recto: Full length frontal figure of standing man to the right of sheet; to the left are sketches of men in profile and a leg. Verso: Images are upside down, in orientation to recto. Three sketches of female figures, two full-length, profile views to the left. One woman with hat, another with scarf. Looser sketch of third woman, in center of sheet.
Anvers - Bâteaux, Frans Masereel, woodcut
A study of a young girl viewed from the bust up is depicted from the right, close to the picture plane. Her downward gaze is caught by something outside of the place. Her hair is caught up and bound with a simple black cloth.