To kvinder slås om en mand 1909

Oluf Hartmann etched "Two Women Fighting Over a Man," capturing a primal scene of conflict and desire. Observe the grasping, contorted figures, embodiments of struggle, a motif traceable back to ancient friezes depicting battles of gods and titans. This visual language of strife, etched in Hartmann’s stark lines, echoes through time. Consider the recurring image of the "Judgment of Paris," where goddesses vie for a golden apple—a parallel to this more intimate, yet equally fraught, contention. The act of struggle itself becomes a potent symbol, charged with the raw energies of human emotion. The tension in their outstretched arms, the desperate clutch for possession, speaks to a deeper psychological drama, a universal conflict played out across the ages, resurfacing in our collective consciousness time and again.