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Grotesque Heads: Four Caricature Profiles (nos. 9-12)
Album leaf mounting four pen studies of aged men and women
This album leaf mounts four small pen-and-ink caricature heads, numbered 9 to 12. All are profile studies of aged figures with exaggerated features, ranging from a lightly sketched capped man to two elaborately coiffed and veiled old women with deeply wrinkled necks and shoulders. No written text is present on the sheet.
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No. 9: sketchy capped head
A thin, aged head faces left beneath a broad hat, drawn in rapid, sketchy strokes. The sharp nose and receding mouth are set within a loosely indicated bust.
No. 10: old woman with wrinkled neck
An old woman appears in left profile with a hooked nose and heavily wrinkled throat. Her bare shoulder and sagging bodice are carefully modelled below the drawn-back hair.
No. 11: bald man with jutting brow
A bald man is shown in right profile with a strongly domed skull and projecting brow. His nose and chin curve toward one another over a receding, toothless mouth.
No. 12: old woman in a tall veil
An aged woman faces left wearing a tall, draped veil or headdress that rises high above the head. Her deformed features and wrinkled neck sit above heavy folds of drapery.