The image displays intersecting lines and curves creating abstract shapes resembling human profiles. The composition implies faces leaning towards each other, with the use of delicate and bold lines adding depth. Facial features like eyes and lips are hinted at with minimalistic strokes, suggesting people in a contemplative interaction.
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Heads of Two Girls

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880 - 1938)

1919

Medium
drypoint
Classification
Print
Dimensions
image: 24 x 17.9 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/16 in.) ; sheet: 28.7 x 21.1 cm (11 5/16 x 8 5/16 in.)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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