Rettig worked as an illustrator for the youth magazine die gartenlaube, among other things - this scene, with its narrative, slightly humorous nature, also fits very well into the context of an illustrated magazine that depicts unusual situations in a mostly literary context. Here, opposites play with each other - the nakedness and the voluminous materiality, youth and age, the painterly manifestation of an artificial pose and its dissolution in contemplation. The motif was very popular - rettig created several versions of it. [2]. Object Type: painting. Date: by 1921. Dimensions: height: 85 cm (33.4 in); width: 70 cm (27.5 in). Medium: watercolor on paper. Heinrich Rettig Im Atelier
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