Mixed media on cardboard. Slender woman, a ballerina, smoking a cigarette backstage.
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This painting represents a ballerina smoking a cigarette after her show. Her eyes are closed, her head tilted back, and the long cigarette lets out soft clouds of grey smoke towards her. Although she remains effortlessly graceful, she is relaxed and without tension, in sharp contrast to the restraint and control of classical dancing.
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