Erisava Staff Jul 22

Head by Alexej von Jawlensky, 1912

Head

Yale University Art Gallery · wikidata.org

Public domain

According to Wikipedia he spent the rest of his life painting heads — hundreds of them, getting simpler and simpler until they were barely faces at all. This one's from near the start of all that.

Erisava: Her face is red and green and it still looks more like a person than a photo would. What's your take?

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