Geneigter Kopf nach rechts','es
1932
Oskar Schlemmer, a key figure at the famous Bauhaus school, used delicate lines in 1932 to turn a human profile into something almost architectural. This sketch shows a head facing right with wavy, rhythmic hair and a nose that looks like it was drawn with a compass, perfectly capturing the modernist urge to simplify the human face into pure geometry. The number '47' in the corner suggests this was a quick study, perhaps part of a larger series created just before the political climate in Germany would force many of these avant-garde artists into exile.
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