STUDY MOUVEMENT N°4

Title: STUDY MOUVEMENT N°4
Year: 2023
Medium: Charcoal and pastel on paper, unframed
Size: 50 x 65 cm, 20 x 26 in
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Provenance: Artist’s Studio, Switzerland
Authentication: This artwork is accompanied by a certificate from the artist, signature on the back

In this evocative self-portrait, the figure turns away from the viewer, shoulders gently angled as if shielding a world of unspoken emotions. Shadows gather and dissolve along the back, drawn in delicate sweeps of charcoal and pastel, where movement itself becomes a language of concealment and revelation. The act of turning away is not merely retreat—it is a quiet rebellion, an intimate gesture to preserve secrets, to cloak the raw drama of feeling beneath a veil of grace. There is a hush to the composition, a poetry in the tension between exposure and discretion. In this fleeting moment, we glimpse the turbulence within: a longing to remain unseen, even as the body betrays what the face endeavors to hide, and the air around the figure shimmers with silent confession.