Chaim Gross — Standing Woman in Motion (Colored Pastel Study)

Chaim Gross — Standing Woman in Motion (Colored Pastel Study)

Date: June 24, 1975
Medium: Colored pastel and charcoal on paper
Dimensions: 13.5 x 10.5 in.
Signature/Marks: lower left, “Chaim Gross June 24, 1975”

Description:
This lively pastel study captures one of Chaim Gross’s most recognizable themes: the expressive female figure in motion. Drawn with energetic strokes of red, blue, yellow, and orange pastel, the work conveys the rhythmic vitality and muscular structure that define Gross’s drawings of the 1960s–70s. The figure’s exaggerated stance, lifted arm, and twisting torso reveal Gross’s deep engagement with dance, gesture, and the human body’s capacity for sculptural movement.

Pastel drawings such as this were central to Gross’s process; they served both as finished artworks and as exploratory studies for future sculptures and more refined compositions. The layering of color, the dynamic contouring, and the confident modeling of volume illustrate Gross’s masterful command of line and form.

Provenance:
Lombardo Collection → Velvet Foundation for the Arts (VLAF)