Observe the painting and answer the following questions based on it:

What kind of expression is depicted on the woman’s lips?

She is about to speak

The correct answer is option 2 - She is about to speak

Female Face was painted by Rabindranath Tagore. The lips are drawn in such a way that the woman appears to be on the verge of speaking, adding life to the artwork.

Female Face is a painting by Rabindranath Tagore, painted in the period 1930-1940. The medium of the painting is water colours and inks. It is currently displayed at the National Gallery of modern art, New Delhi. It is almost square painting in light wash of pink and brown ink, the face of a typical Indian woman. Her head is covered with her saree. She was looking at an onlooker. The drawing is extremely simple and elementary child like. Her lips were drawn in such a way that she was about to speak. Eyes were also unbalanced. The face of the woman was soft, light coloured and confined Indian woman who cares of her house-hold and children, during her early married life of this country in 19th century.