Frank Auerbach
1960
Charcoal and chalk on paper
78.7 x 58.1 cm
This drawing of Stella West is markedly different from the earlier charcoal heads Frank Auerbach made of her (displayed in the previous room). In this work, Auerbach depicted more of West’s body and paid greater attention to how she occupies the dark recesses of the drawing. She appears to press out of the picture into our own space. At the same time, she feels just out of reach, held within the monochrome realm of the drawing.