I BITE THE LOVELIES - Jiří Anderle, Il Sorriso, after Baldovinetti. From the cycle Portraits in the
I BITE THE LOVELIES - Jiří Anderle, Il Sorriso, after Baldovinetti. From the cycle Portraits in the Passage of Time. Colored Pencil, Drypoint, Mezzotint, Unique Print. 1978. I love the middle one, where her mouth opens suddenly - you don’t see it at first, and then… And the way the plants on her sleeve have a rather talon-ed aspect. (See below this next photo for another Anderle riff on the mouth. It’s gorgeous. And scary.) The original Alesso Baldevinetti painting, Portrait of a Lady in Yellow, from the mid 1400’s, is here. And here’s another magnificent Anderle drawing, I Am Vexed By Anxiety, from 1983. Look at the toothy jaw in the bottom left - it’s reminiscent of the woman’s mouth in Il Sorriso above - though much less pleasant. -- source link