On the Stone 11 by Francoise Gilot

Color lithograph 11 portrays a mandala-like image with the arabesque, hyperextended overlapping figures of the female form in stark black color surrounded by four organic shapes at the corners of the image. The placing of the female figure within a mandala to conclude the series is a fitting portrayal of the special and sacred space inhabited by women. Francoise would return to this symbol in 1980 creating another arabesque circular single female form in The Wheel in contrasting shades of blue.