French Drawing by Bob Meyer: Sosa, Unframed

A strong face, half lost in a dark cloud of hair, looking off to one side with great patience.

Sosa is a pastel drawing on paper by Bob Meyer, from France, dated 2017, signed, titled and dated "2017 Paris" on the front. Portraits in pastel have a long history, prized for the way the medium can capture the softness of skin and the play of light. The sitter's face is modeled in pale tones, eyes heavy-lidded, mouth set firm. Smoky black hair spreads wide around her, touched with faint plum. It is 37 inches wide and 45.5 high, with an image 22 inches wide and 30 high.

She has clearly heard it all, and was not impressed by most of it.