Der Hund des Mondes, sitzend, nach links c. 1867 - 1868

Paul Konewka sketched "The Dog of the Moon, Sitting, to the Left" using graphite on paper. The sketch presents a sitting dog outlined with tentative and fragmented lines. The stark simplicity of the figure against the aged paper evokes a sense of fleeting observation, almost as if the dog were a momentary visitor from a dream. The lines barely contain the form, allowing the figure to blend with the ground. In this work, Konewka explores the semiotics of form. The dog’s posture, though simply rendered, implies a stillness and contemplation. The formal choices here also suggest a resistance to fixed meanings. The dog, a familiar symbol, becomes spectral, blurring the lines between presence and absence. The drawing is a study in the poetics of line, where incompleteness speaks as loudly as definition. It remains a dynamic interplay of form and perception.