Isabel Wachenheimer en haar tweede echtgenoot Karl-Heinz Arndtheim gearmd met een onbekende vrouw in sjieke kleding tijdens een feestelijke aangelegenheid, 1949-1955 1949 - 1955

This photograph of Isabel Wachenheimer and her second husband, Karl-Heinz Arndtheim, arm in arm with an unknown woman, probably dates from between 1949 and 1955, but its author is unknown. The image is a play of dark and light, a formal composition in which tones seem to suggest more than they show. There is such a depth to the blacks. They create a backdrop against which the subjects emerge, as though coming into focus. Notice how the surface seems almost velvety, obscuring specific details. But, the lack of clarity in the image also invites us to linger, to look closer, to imagine what stories are held within it. It is a visual paradox, where absence of detail amplifies our emotional response. That sense of ambiguity, of not quite knowing, reminds me of the painter Gerhard Richter, who also explored the tension between visibility and obscurity in his blurred photographs. Both artists embrace a similar openness, recognizing that art is not about answers, but about the questions it provokes.