Three groups of people 

Victor Müller made this graphite drawing titled "Three groups of people" which resides in the Städel Museum. Notice how the figures are rendered as floating gestural masses, their forms emerging from a flurry of graphite lines that only vaguely suggest contours and volumes. The composition has an interesting tension between representation and abstraction. What makes the artwork unique is its engagement with the unfinished. The semiotic structure seems to deliberately destabilize established meanings by presenting human forms not as fixed entities but as fluid and evolving concepts. Müller uses line and form to challenge traditional representational strategies. The density of the graphite varies, creating areas of focus and diffusion that play with our perception and expectations. This element invites us to contemplate how artistic creation can function as a site of endless interpretation.