Native Baby Back Study, Trobriand Islands, New Guinea
Nora Heysen AM
Details
- Artist
- Nora Heysen AM
- Title
- Native Baby Back Study, Trobriand Islands, New Guinea
- Year
- c.1955
- Medium
- conte on paper
- Size
- 35.5 x 25 cm
- Details
signed lower right in pencil: Nora Heysen
© Lou Klepac
- Stock Number
- 215287
Provenance
The Estate of Nora Heysen
Exhibited
Nora Heysen and Constance Stokes: Drawings From the Estates, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, 21 May - 18 June 2016
Further Information
Nora Heysen's talent as an artist was recognised early by her father, the acclaimed artist Hans Heysen. Her skill as a draughtsman was built through dedicated study under a disciplined drawing regime, where drawing from the live model was a fundamental component of the training. Her mastery of drawing the human figure is unquestionable, these works highlighting her strong modelling and graceful line and her ability to capture faces and people with an appealing accuracy and individual personality.