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Der Kuss (The Kiss)
Artist:
Peter Behrens
(German, 1868 - 1940)
Date: 1898
Medium: Color woodcut printed in dark brown, light brown, olive green, blue, red, and black
Dimensions:
26.9 x 21.6 cm (10 9/16 x 8 1/2 in.)
Classification: Visual Works
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Object number: 1972.28
DescriptionVertical composition showing two figures facing each other, heads tilted, lips touching. Hair of two figures forms whiplash curves that entertwine and frame their heads. Figures have white skin and brown hair. Background is uniform aqua-blue color. Published in "Pan" magazine (vol. IV, no. 2, 1898).
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