Figuurstudie en ontwerpen voor letters en een meubel 1908

This pencil sketch by Carel Adolph Lion Cachet at the Rijksmuseum shows a page filled with studies—figures, letters, and furniture designs—it’s like a peek into the artist’s notebook. Looking at it, I imagine Cachet hunched over this page, pencil in hand, ideas flowing freely from his mind onto the paper. It's fascinating to see how different ideas jostle each other for space, figures merge with letterforms and architectural details. There’s a sense of playfulness. These quick notations are all about possibility, suggesting a process of exploration. We see the artist thinking through making. It reminds me of Cy Twombly’s sketchbooks. Like Twombly, Cachet seems to be mapping his own thoughts, where a personal symbolic world develops. This little sketch opens up a space for invention.