Two Women Embracing, Egon Schiele (1915)
In his drawing, Schiele practically intrusively exposes the tete-a-tete of the Lesbian couple. He employed his own particular view from above, so that the figures seem to float in space. The striking framing of the image only reinforces this sensation: only the upper bodies of the figures are visible, the drawing suddenly breaking off at their knees. The intertwined bodies practically pry open the composition. While one of the faces adhering to each other is unperturbed and mask-like, the naked girl with long hair casts a gaze at the viewer with unabashed calm. Her unclothed body describing a diagonal line across the sheet is doubly emphasised againt the scalloped-edged, red skirt hiked up around her partner.
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