Medusa (Jawlensky)
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Medusa (French - La Méduse) or Head of a Woman "Medusa", Light and Shadow (Tête de femme « Méduse », Lumière et Ombre) is a 1923 Expressionist painting by Russian painter Alexej von Jawlensky. It is held in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, which acquired it in 1936. It is an work by the artist from the time when he began to focus on painting the human figure, in 1917.[1]
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- ^ "Découvrir les collections | Musée des Beaux Arts". www.mba-lyon.fr. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
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