Art

Untitled.

She agreed to sit only once and only on the condition that the painter never title the work. He honoured that request for the rest of his life. The necklace she wore contained, according to later examination, a cavity behind the pendant stone — small enough for a note, a key, or nothing at all. When examined it was empty. Whether it had always been empty or had simply been emptied before the painting was discovered — nobody living could say.