Shaker Built-In Cupboard 1935 - 1942

This drawing is by an anonymous artist, and it shows a Shaker Built-In Cupboard. The color palette is warm and inviting. It makes me want to reach out and touch that wood. I can imagine the artist, hunched over this drawing, carefully capturing every detail. I think what is interesting about this image is the drawers. The drawers remind me of Agnes Martin's grids, but without the emotional angst. The drawing is a gentle composition, and the drawers are each the same. There is this sense of equanimity and calm that comes over me when I look at it. I appreciate how the anonymous artist managed to find a sense of peace in this drawing of a cupboard. It reminds me that artists are always talking to each other through time. We respond to what has come before, and we find our own way of adding to the conversation.