Indian summer

The composition centers on a woman shown in profile, her hair woven with small pink berries, seated beneath two slender tree trunks whose branches spread into a canopy of red, orange and gold leaves filling the upper half of the canvas. She wears an ornately patterned robe covered in leaf and flower motifs and holds a single maple leaf between her fingers while a large white swan nestles against her chest, its neck curved along the fabric. Fallen leaves and pale round fruit cover the ground at her feet.

Warm ochre, rust and crimson dominate the palette against a soft cream-colored sky, giving the scene an even, glowing warmth. Forms are rendered with flat, decorative patterning rather than naturalistic modeling, with leaves and drapery treated as ornamental shapes layered across the surface. The closed, serene expression and encircling foliage create a hushed, dreamlike stillness.