Naked, styling hair. Based on classical works 1965

Hryhorii Havrylenko made "Naked, styling hair" in 1965. It's all line, a simple dark line on a pale ground. It reminds me of Matisse, but there's a rawness to it. I can imagine Havrylenko making this piece, quickly trying to capture a feeling with the least amount of means. It looks like one continuous line, so the process becomes about observing the body and translating it. It’s like, how can I render the shoulder connecting to the neck with a line that carries the weight and feeling? What do you leave out? What do you add? How much do you suggest? It looks like he knew the classical works he was referencing so well that he was able to break them down and make them his own, without being trapped by tradition. It suggests that the artist has something to say about his own time. That's what artists do, anyway, steal from each other and make something new.