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Pointes. I Golubeva
Bratanyuk Vasily- Technique
- Pastel on paper
- Dimensions
- 30 × 40 cm
- Year
- 2019
Seated dancer in a black rehearsal dress leans over to tie the ribbons of her pointe shoe, legs stretched across the floor amid scattered practice items.
- Style
- Realism
- Mood
- Contemplative
- Themes
- Women · Genre Scene · Figurative
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About this work
A dancer sits on the studio floor with legs extended, bending forward to tie the ribbons of her pointe shoe; she wears a black practice dress with a puffed blue sleeve, hair pinned up with a small red flower. Around her lie a crumpled pink cloth and small jars, sketched loosely against a barely indicated backdrop.
The pastel is worked in soft, chalky strokes, the black costume built from deep charcoal against pale flesh and a nearly blank cream ground. Background elements are left as thin outlines of blue and green, keeping attention on the bent figure and her hands at the ribbon. The sparse setting gives the scene a quiet, focused intimacy.
