STYLE GUIDE: FACE OFF

It is often said that art is a reflection of life. It's purely natural, then, that so many artists and designers incorporate human features into their work, given we're constantly taking in physical human forms and figures. From Jean Cocteau's painted faces to Brancusi's sleek profiles, to newer anthropomorphic works from artists like Lex Pavone and Giorgia Piu, we're here for a Face Off.

Constantin Brâncusi, Sleeping Muse, 1910

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Gerhard Marcks, 1921

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Saul Steinberg

Henri Laurens

Jan Dries, 1968

Acne Paper

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Picasso, Image via @toinspireyourdreams

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Hair pin from the Mossi people of Burkina Faso

Jean Cocteau ceramics

Franz Hagenauer

Mark Manders, Self-portrait as a building, 1997

Mural by Roberto Ruspoli

Isamu Noguchi

Earrings by Schiapparelli

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Iron Balance

by Lex Pavone

Mia Tyson Vase

Vintage

Stone Head Sculpture

Vintage

Nativa Chiara

by Giorgia Piu

Gray Twin

by Lex Pavone

Bottlehead No. 3

by Elizabeth Lyons

Face Yourself II

by Lauren Sands

Native Scura

by Giorgia Piu

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