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The image features sharp, angular shapes and curving lines forming an abstract composition. In the foreground, there is a distorted piano keyboard-like shape running horizontally. To the left, curved lines form a figure resembling a musician or performer in an exaggerated pose. On the right, an abstract form suggests a seated person, with lines and arcs creating facial features and attire. These abstract elements together evoke energy and interaction found in a performance scene.

Pianist and Singer

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880 - 1938)

1928 · woodcut in black on blue blotting paper

National Gallery of Art · Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection, Gift in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)

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