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The Face

1983

A face begins to appear, then becomes a pattern again. An oval eye, a curved mouth and a dark green arch suggest a profile. Around it, red loops and ochre shapes pull the image back towards abstraction.

Artist
Michael Plötz
Collection
Paintings
Recorded dimensions
78 × 93 cm
About this catalogue entry

Historically listed as „Das Gesicht“. Dimensions retain the order used in the historical source, which does not consistently identify height and width.

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Structural framework of meaning

Paintings · 1983
Oil painting of interlocking ochre, rust-red and dark green forms against a dark ground. An oval eye and curved mouth suggest a profile within the shapes.