Passion II (Leidenschaft II)

1914

Wilhelm Lehmbruck

Associated Names
Wilhelm Lehmbruck

Artist, German, 1881 - 1919

The image shows a sketch of a nude human figure from a foreshortened perspective. The figure is bending at the waist with one knee on the ground and the head turned sideways in a crouching or kneeling pose. The facial features are not detailed, and the head is bald or has closely adhering hair. The outline sketch focuses on the contours of the body without showing clothes or accessories. The background has subtle lines, hinting at movement or variance in the sketch's surface, and remains minimalistic and abstract.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.5543

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Petermann 1964, no. 109, State only


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1964

  • Petermann, Erwin. Die Druchgraphik von Wilhelm Lehmbruch: Verzeichnis. Stuttgart: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1964.

Wikidata ID

Q65026645

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