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His masklike “Head of a Woman” from 1907—painted in preparation to create his iconic “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon”—sold for $14.4 million, over its $8 million high estimate.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Typically fever is accompanied by cognitive changes, headache and vomiting, and sometimes seizures or a masklike face, indicative of harm to the same neurons that are damaged in Parkinson’s disease.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 21, 2023

Most depict people, sometimes distilled to masklike faces, and often framed by or even immersed in foliage.

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2023

“Feud” fails to see that the pure, masklike totality of Crawford’s performances was made not of pieces or interpretations but of a seemingly whole being who visually sings through the screen.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 23, 2017

Lady Constance’s expression was cool and masklike once more.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood