Head of a Woman
1936
Signed 'J.G. 1936' in the corner, this striking profile by Julio González looks like a blueprint for a mechanical face. González started as a metalworker, and you can see that industrial influence in the blocky, geometric shapes filled with scratchy green and red textures. This drawing was likely a study for one of his famous iron sculptures, where he treated metal like a line drawing in 3D space. Fun fact: González was actually the mentor who taught Picasso how to weld, essentially inventing modern metal sculpture as we know it!
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