Eight Men and Women in Front of a Shop Window, Seen from Behind, Adam Adolf Oberländer, 1877

pen, h 167mm × w 230mm More details

In this preliminary drawing for a print, a group of men and women gaze in fascination at a large work of art. But what is there to see? The clever composition, with the picture mostly hidden behind hats and coats, leaves us guessing. A print after this drawing appeared in Münchener Fliegende Blätter, a humorous German weekly magazine.