looking in the mirror

Art history aside (since I know too little to go down that road, I say with shame), artist biographies aside, are there pieces of art you identify with?

There must be.

When I first saw this portrait of Jacqueline Roque, one of Picasso's wives, I identified with her sharp edges, because I always felt my own needed softening.

'Jacqueline with Crossed Hands'
Pablo Picasso
1954
Oil on canvas
23.6" x 31.5"
Musée Picasso, Paris, France.


On the other hand, Jeanne, soft and pliant in the yellow sweater is more the direction I would like to move.

Or maybe somewhere between.






'Jeanne Hébuterne with Yellow Sweater' ('Le Sweater jaune')
Amedeo Modigliani
1918-1919.
Oil on canvas
39 3/8 x 25 1/2 inches
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
New York City