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Expressive black ink drawing of a seated figure with head bowed and hand raised to the face, on pale paper.

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A seated figure is rendered in dense, looping black strokes against a pale ground, with the head bowed and one hand raised near the face. The garment folds and hatched textures fill the body, giving the figure a heavy, enclosed presence. The work is titled Sitting Figure, attributed to László Moholy-Nagy, and dated 1920.

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Date

1920

Medium

Print

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Wikimedia Commons

License

Public domain

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