Lot 241 — Two Profiles in One Egg, Framed Drawing

A framed drawing of a big egg-shaped head holding two faces in profile, drawn in bold black line with maroon and mustard accents over pale blue and pink washes.

Artist
Unknown artist
Dimensions
Not yet measured
Materials
Black line and colour wash on paper, matted and framed under glass

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SKU: WW-241 Category:

Description

Look once and it’s one face; look again and it’s two, one tucked under the other’s chin like a stowaway. A thick black outline makes an egg-shaped head. Inside, a maroon brow and a mustard eye up top and a red mouth full of teeth, and below them a second profile with its own eye and lips. Pale blue and pink washes fill the paper behind.

Matted in cream and set in a black wooden frame under glass. No signature visible in our photos.