Schneemann examined themes of sexuality, identity and gender through painting, performance, installation and photography. In much of her work, Schneemann explored her own identity as a woman in a patriarchal society. All of Schneemann’s work is rooted in her formal training, and throughout her career she insisted on being thought of as a painter. By connecting the kinetic nature of her paintings and assemblages to her radical performances and films, Schneemann’s work has made a permanent mark on the history of art.

These graphite drawings were made at a critical period of intellectual and artistic growth, the works demonstrate the importance of the act of drawing—of drawing as action—that would remain constant. A study of a couple in an embrace, the work is charged with energy and sexuality.