Ladies Shoe Sale at Bloomfield's

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"Young Ladies," oil on canvas by Amrita Sher-Gil, 1932. Four elegantly dressed women are seated from left to right in a continuous row, all looking downward. The woman on the far left has red hair tied in a bun, is wearing a red blazer, and an orange flared skirt, and has long pale legs with red and black closed-toe heels at her feet. The next woman has black hair tied in a bun, is wearing a purple blazer, and a long purple skirt, and has pale legs with black and red closed-toe heels at her feet. The third woman has red hair tied in a bun, is wearing a green blazer, and a long blue skirt, and has pale legs with blue and red closed-toe heels at her feet. The fourth woman, on the far right, has black hair tied in a bun, is wearing a red blazer, and a long yellow skirt, and has pale legs with black and red closed-toe heels at her feet. All four women have red lips and delicately painted eyebrows. The background is composed of a series of large, bold, rectangular shapes of color in blue, light blue, yellow, red, light red, green, and white.