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("Charakterkopfe"). As with several modern artists after him, including Vincent Van Gogh and Edvard Munch, it is thought that Messerschmidt's genius in these works may have been linked to the onset of a mental illness, induced by hallucinations and paranoia. The heads represent a series of men whose faces are contorted into various grimaces. It is believed that Messerschmidt may have suffered from undiagnosed Crohn's disease, which caused him endless discomfort. According to the German author Friedrich Nicolai who visited Messerschmidt in his studio, the sculptor used to pinch his lower ribs to focus his thoughts away from his suffering. He then observed his grimaces in the mirror and set about recording them in bronze and marble. His intention, he told the author was to represent the 64 "canonical grimaces" of the human face usi

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