Interieur met oude vrouw en breiend meisje 1917 - 1970

Adrie Vürtheim created this black ink drawing titled 'Interior with old woman and knitting girl', but the date remains unknown. The composition centres on the contrast between stillness and activity. An old woman sits passively in an ornate armchair, while a young girl stands beside her, actively knitting. This contrast is mirrored in the visual language of the piece. The woman and her surroundings are rendered with heavier, darker lines, emphasizing weight and stability, whereas the girl and her knitting are depicted with lighter strokes, suggesting movement and change. The entire scene is set upon a rug that seems to orient the subjects on a stage. The inscription reads like stage direction for the performance. What destabilizes the meaning is the rug itself, as though it were to be pulled out from under the figures, challenging the stability of its subjects and the assumptions of domesticity.