Käthe Kollwitz
Two Men Wrestling
circa 1892/93
Black charcoal, smudged in places on vellum
Käthe Kollwitz Museum Cologne
After Käthe Kollwitz had familiarized herself with the setting, she carried out studies of the characters in a key scene from the novel “Germinal” that she wanted to depict. Two young men fight over Catherine, a young miner.