Three Faces in Ink

A vertical study of three loosely connected heads unfolds in spare black ink on a warm, lightly textured ground. The upper figure presses both hands to the face amid jagged, leaflike forms; the central, softer-faced figure wears a thin halo or shallow crown; and the lower head turns inward with a solemn, classical cast. Uneven contours, dense hatching, and abrupt dark accents give the page the charged quality of an expressionist sketchbook fragment.