Untitled (Seated Female Figure)

This ink line drawing by George Ault depicts a seated female nude rendered in the spare, economical style characteristic of early twentieth-century figure study. The artist employs continuous, flowing contours to define form—a technique descended from classical life drawing but modernized through minimal mark-making. The figure's pose, viewed from a three-quarter angle with one leg extended, demonstrates the artist's interest in structural clarity and volumetric presence. Ault, a painter and printmaker based in New York, used such studies to develop his distinctive approach to form. The work exemplifies the foundational practice of figure drawing that informed both fine art and illustration during this period.