A blonde woman is seen from behind, leaning forward with both hands pressed flat against a wall and her arms spread wide. She wears a black lace-and-satin basque with garter straps and nothing below, the straps running down over bare hips. The ground around her is left almost blank white, with only a smudge of grey shadow to her left.

Shulman paints the body in warm flesh tones with quick, fluid strokes, the black corset crisp against all that emptiness. Unexpected development is oil on canvas from 2020, a wide 100 by 70 centimetres.