junges Mädchen und älterer Mann mit Petroleumlampe (Young Girl and Elderly Man with Lamp) [p. 13] 

This pencil drawing, *Young Girl and Elderly Man with Lamp*, was created by Max Beckmann. The composition is immediately striking: the girl's face dominates the page, positioned above an elderly man peering from the right. The sketchy lines add a sense of immediacy, as if capturing a fleeting moment. The girl's face is rendered with bold lines, her gaze fixed and teeth slightly bared, lending a psychological tension. The unfinished quality of the drawing, particularly the ghost-like presence of the man, invites us to question the relationship between these figures. The lamp suggests illumination, yet what does it reveal? Is it clarity or further ambiguity? Beckmann’s use of line serves as a metaphor for the fragmented nature of modern experience. The drawing challenges fixed meanings, opening a space for our own interpretations. The form itself, sketchy and unresolved, echoes the uncertainties of human connection and representation.