Emil Nolde is first and foremost known for his flower and landscape pictures. Relatively few illustrations of nudes can be found in his vast oeuvre. Our India ink drawing may be related to the painting "Mann und Frau" (Urban 321). The couple's closeness surmounts any erotic association. The broad stroke of the brush alone, which calls reminiscence of works from the Brücke artists, merge man and woman to a unity, there is no separating contour to the upper bodies. In this work it is also the brush handling that allows Emil Nolde to take the motif to a spiritual level.