Karl Hubbuch Figures on the Street

An original 1920s graphite drawing, Karl Hubbuch, Figures on the Street.

This sharply observational drawing by German artist Karl Hubbuch depicts two figures who appear to be down-and-out characters, wrinkled and embattled by the ravages of modern city life. This sketch is a fine example of the art of the Neue Sachlichkeit, or New Objectivity, a German modern realist movement following the First World War.The drawing most likely dates from the 1920s when Hubbuch was much more active as a draughtsman than a painter. His drawings and prints of the early 1920s depicting city life were sharply realistic in style and highly critical of the post-war social and economic order.Presented in a pale green window mount. Secured with hinging tape.