Contour Line

Self After Rembrandt #2 by Pat Steir.  A couture line is the perceived line that marks the border of an object in space.  Pat Steir uses the lines to create a three dimensional figure of a persons face with their mouth open.  The image comes to life with the detail of the nose, mouth, and eyes.  It also has an eerie quality of someone how is there but not fully see them self. The drawing use of contour lines to show the face and facial structure.
I had to come back to this drawing because it is haunting.  The contours of the face really draw your attention to the almost completion of it.  The title alone of Self draws my curiosity in the artist perception of them-self.