Financiële problemen in het kabinet 1920 - 1925

Patricq Kroon made this ink drawing, “Financial Problems in the Cabinet,” at an unknown date. Look at that nervous energy! Imagine Kroon, hunched over this drawing, his hand moving in quick, decisive strokes. He lays down these bold outlines and dense areas of hatching to build up the tension in the scene. The characters, caught in a moment of crisis, are drawn with sharp, caricature-like features. They seem to be wrestling with an impending doom, while one man stands tall, seemingly removed and bathed in light. The urgency is palpable. You can almost hear the frantic whispers and nervous coughs of a room full of worried people. It's like he’s captured a snapshot of a bad dream, reflecting the widespread anxiety of the era. But, through the very act of making, Kroon invites us to contemplate the ever-relevant theme of people in peril.