"The Kiss" (1925) by Willem de Kooning@traditional_artArt Institute of Chicago 🖼charcoal on wove paper#ArtHistory #MuseumArchive #galleries #glam #ModernArt #kunst #expressionism

high-contrast, symbolist style. neck-up side view of a woman facing directly upward, kissing a long-haired male figure whose forehead faces the viewer. on the left the woman's hand rests on his upper arm. the kissers take up about half the space, the rest resembling a blanket that rests on their silhouettes.
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[–] 1 point 2 months ago

that earlier rendition doesn't even look like an embrace. More like a man blending in to a wall.

I'm glad Munch kept working on the theme.

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