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Johannes Kahrs — Smile
Johannes Kahrs

Smile

A hazy, dreamlike face emerges from the soft, smudged layers of pastel, rendered in Kahrs' signature style of blurred intimacy and psychological tension. The subject's smile feels ambiguous — caught somewhere between warmth and unease, as though captured in a fleeting, half-remembered moment. The delicate medium of pastel on paper amplifies the fragility and impermanence of the expression.

Medium
pastel on paper

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Contemporary Art Day Sale

February 11, 2014

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Johannes Kahrs, Smile

A hazy, dreamlike face emerges from the soft, smudged layers of pastel, rendered in Kahrs' signature style of blurred intimacy and psychological tension. The subject's smile feels ambiguous — caught somewhere between warmth and unease, as though captured in a fleeting, half-remembered moment. The delicate medium of pastel on paper amplifies the fragility and impermanence of the expression.

Medium
pastel on paper
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Intimate, Expressive, Portrait, Modern, Subtle, German, Neutral Tones, Figurative, Pastel, Contemporary

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