A mid 20thC Dutch pastel on card depicting a leaning nude with the face concealed by a stylised mask. Softly modelled in muted tones, the work reflects Dutch studio practice of the period.

Signed V.D. Paelt, the drawing likely originates from an academy or atelier environment in the Netherlands, reflecting the period’s shift toward expressive figuration influenced by European Symbolism and the post‑CoBrA climate. The combination of technical skill, psychological ambiguity, and the intimacy of pastel on card gives the work a distinctive presence within Modern European figuration.