Head of an Old Man
c. 1850 · Charcoal and pastel on paper · 15.5 × 13 cm (6 1/8 × 5 1/8 in.)
Menzel, Head of an Old Man, c. 1850. Charcoal and pastel on paper.
The Art Institute of Chicago · Ada Turnbull Hertle Fund
How to look at a Menzel
- Find the darkest passage and notice it is burnished, not hatched.
- Follow a single edge and see where it is hard, where it is lost, and why.
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