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The Embrace, c 1909/10

Käthe Kollwitz, The Embrace, c 1909/10, charcoal drawing, partly stumped, on yellowish laid paper, 480 x 630 mm, NT (559a), Kollwitz Museum Köln, Inv. Nr. 70200/03003.
Käthe Kollwitz, The Embrace, c 1909/10, charcoal drawing, partly stumped, on yellowish laid paper, 480 x 630 mm, NT (559a), Kollwitz Museum Köln, Inv. Nr. 70200/03003.

This sheet shows a couple embracing in deep harmony. It seems as if the couple were merging into one single figure.

Although the face of the figure at the back is hidden – as in other drawings – the face of the woman reflects her affection. This work is an example of the artist’s sensitive, yet keenly observed manner of representing human emotion.