Half-length figure of a woman 1929

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner made this drawing of a woman, probably in 1929, judging by the signature in the bottom corner. I'm thinking about Kirchner here, trying to imagine what it must have been like for him to live through two world wars. I'm wondering if this drawing is related to the trauma he experienced during that period. It certainly feels like the lines are searching, trying to grasp at something solid, but never quite landing. There is a beautiful vulnerability in the rawness of the line work here, where the artist allows us to see the struggle of trying to capture form and feeling in a single image. As if Kirchner is saying: here I am trying to find her, and myself, in this confusing world. This piece resonates with the work of other expressionist painters of the time, who were also grappling with how to depict the chaos and uncertainty of modern life. Artists are always in conversation with one another.