Ontwerpen voor lampen met meerdere kappen 1874 - 1945

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet sketched these "Ontwerpen voor lampen met meerdere kappen" at an undetermined date with pencil on paper, and what strikes me most is that grid. It's like a foundation, or maybe a set of rules, that the artist then playfully ignores. There's something so intimate about seeing an artist's process laid bare like this, right? The graphite is thin, almost tentative in places, then bold and decisive in others. Look at the way he renders the lampshades, sometimes just a few quick strokes, other times more considered, almost architectural. You can imagine him, pen in hand, figuring things out as he goes. It reminds me a bit of some of David Hockney's sketchbooks, that same sense of playful experimentation. But where Hockney is all about capturing the light, Cachet is more interested in form and structure. Ultimately, these aren't just sketches of lamps; they're little drawings about the very act of seeing and designing.