Legged nose; decoding

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Legged nose, pen on paper, 45 x 3 cm

The legged nose is a drawing which I attempted to improve in subsequent drawings: I wanted to make it bigger and give the legs the curves that legs have. 

However, it was impossible to improve. I think that's because when I tried further versions I began to focus on these aspects and would lose the sense of the whole, and the result was awkwardness.

 I think, in  any case, the tendency to abstraction here with the nose being only almost recognisable and the legs and shoes likewise, is what makes viewing the drawing pleasurable: the pleasure of decoding.

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