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Standing Figure, Arms Out, a drawing by Rita Mensah

Work no. 781

Standing Figure, Arms Out

Rita Mensah

Created 24 October 2026 at 09:01

The head is drawn as a closed oval, almost certainly first - the hand completing the round before committing to anything below. From its base a short neck descends, then a vertical spine continues downward with steady pressure, the dark red line thickening slightly at the crossbar where two arm strokes intersect it. That crossing point sits at roughly mid-field, governing the whole sheet's weight. The legs splay outward and downward in two confident arcs, wider at their lower termini than the arms above, grounding the figure with more lateral spread than the shoulders suggest. A faint interior curve within the head reads as an aborted or decorative second loop - the only mark that seems genuinely hesitant.

- Curatorial note, wifärt gallery