Spanish school of the mid-twentieth century. "Young lady". Oil on táblex. Signed illegibly in the lower right corner. Presents some lack in the wood. Measurements: 29,5 x 22 cm. The artist of this work captures an image marked by a great delicacy and a sober distinction. It represents a young woman in sorrow looking towards a point outside the viewer. The vaporous atmosphere, added to the whitish tones of both the dress and the background, provide a powerful poetic charge to the work.

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