Although Fritz Bleyl is one of the lesser known members of the "Brücke" today, his importance for the group - especially in its early days - should by no means be underestimated. The important acquaintances that Bleyl made from 1902 onward, first with Kirchner and a little later with Heckel and Schmidt-Rottluff, culminated in the founding of the important group in 1905.

The present depiction, which is a drawing from Bleyl's "Brücke" period that lasted only two years, is enriched by the former architecture student's special staggering of the buildings and a remarkable play with perspective: easily recognizable by the size of the two figures, he developed a strong, if not immediately obvious, depth effect here - partially obscured by the fact that he does not reduce the width of the lines used in the rear area the way one would expect. Only at a second or third glance does the observer begin to get a more accurate impression of the size and spatial distance of the tower depicted at the end of a street. [AM]