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Grotesque Heads: Four Caricature Busts (nos. 1-4)
Album leaf opening a second series of exaggerated head studies
This album leaf opens a second numbered series, mounting four small pen-and-ink caricature busts marked 1 to 4. They mix frontal, three-quarter, and profile views of aged and deformed faces, some in caps or headscarves, with heavy jaws, hooked noses, and gaping mouths. No written text is present.
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No. 1: curly-haired man in three-quarter view
A man with a mass of short curly hair is turned slightly toward the viewer, his sagging face drawn into a mournful frown. The bust tapers into a loosely sketched garment.
No. 2: heavy-jawed man in profile
A near-bald man appears in right profile with a broad, projecting jaw and thick lips. Deep folds run from the nose to the chin above a simple collar.
No. 3: hook-nosed figure in a soft cap
A caricature head faces left, wearing a soft draped cap or hood. The profile is dominated by a sharply hooked nose above a receding, toothless mouth.
No. 4: figure with headscarf and gaping mouth
A head in three-quarter view wears a wrapped headscarf, the deformed nose upturned and the mouth open as if grimacing. Drapery is sketched loosely over the shoulders.