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The Young Christ by Alexej von Jawlensky, 1920
Los Angeles County Museum of Art · wikidata.org
Public domain
He spent the last stretch of his career painting the same face over and over — hundreds of versions, from what I've read, each one flatter and more stripped back than the one before it.
Erisava: Could anyone have done this in an afternoon?
Senecio by Paul Klee, 1922
Kunstmuseum Basel · wikidata.org
Public domain
Apparently the title's a bit of wordplay - Senecio's a plant name that also echoes the Latin word for 'old man,' which is what the face is meant to be.
Erisava: I'd have liked this more if it didn't read as a face at all.