Egon Schiele, 1912
Self Portrait with Lowered Head
One of Egon Schiele’s many eerie self-depictions, Self Portrait with Lowered Head is striking for its accentuation of the hands and the omitted thumb. Thumbs seem not to fit into Schiele’s visual vocabulary—he often omits them or renders them at severe angles. Schiele’s head is bent, the eyes turned upwards, his lip sporting a small mustache, which Schiele only had in between the late fall of 1911 and beginning of 1912. read more
