"Girl Combing her Hair"

Name: Girl Combing Her Hair
Medium: Screen print, black ink on white paper
Size: 24"x36"
Limited edition of 40

"[This] is one of Ms. Frank's more fully realized works, however, the drawing loses none of her startling power of evocation despite its relative graphic completeness. The pose is reminiscent of that of Lautrec's Clowness, but unlike the Clowness this girl is all innocence and grace. Her open robe is less lascivious than artless, in [this drawing] Frank employs a playful line characteristic of her portrayal of youthful subjects, her treatment of hair projects extraordinary energy and movement. The viewer feels impelled toward a vision of a young woman actually observed in the act of combing her hair.

"In contrast to the feeling of languor projected in Reclining Figure, and the static tension of Girl With a Cat, this piece conveys free and graceful movement in a mood of utter unself-consciousness."

-- Lyman Balmuth, writer for the Village Voice and the Boston Globe