Nude Drawing by Radoczy

Radoczy reduces drawing to its most delicate balance: a few lines, a shape, a gesture. Nothing overdone, nothing ostentatious. Everything rests on the fluid curve that captures the body in its natural flow. The hips round gently, the legs extend with softness, the back arches faintly, and the tips of the breasts become shy. The line almost never halts; it follows the body’s motion without ever constraining it.

This nude is not a body offered up to the eye; it is a presence that holds itself back. The raised arm hides the face, introducing a form of modesty—almost introspection. This gesture, at once anodyne and essential, resists any objectification. The woman is not a passive figure; she escapes the grip of the onlooker’s gaze.

Radoczy draws his wife with the precision and the preciousness of love. He does not seek effect; he does not caricature. His stroke grazes the surface, never bearing down. He knows this body, but he doesn't lock it into a frozen image. Each drawing is a variation, a tribute.

There is in his work neither flourish nor insistent desire. Just the beauty of a presence, the celebration of a beloved being. A breath that moves, because it speaks the essential without detour.

REFERENCE NUMBER: LU654315929102
PERIOD: Mid-20th Century
CONDITION: Good
MEASUREMENTS: Height: 21.66" Width: 13.66" Depth: 1"
COUNT: 1
MATERIAL: Pencil
CREATOR: Albert Radoczy