Studie af en dør. Farveangivelser 1930 - 1936

This "Studie af en dør. Farveangivelser" or, Study of a door with colour indications, is a pencil drawing by Niels Larsen Stevns. It's all about seeing how the simplest of marks can hint at something bigger, right? Look at how Stevns uses pencil lines to suggest not just the form of the door, but also these color notes scribbled around it. It's like he's thinking through the process, laying bare the nuts and bolts of how a painting might come together. There is ‘sort’ or ‘black’ at the top, and white with red shadows at the bottom. The door becomes a canvas for exploration, a space where ideas about light, shadow, and color come into play. I love how informal it is, like a quick thought jotted down in the margins of a larger idea. It reminds me a bit of Van Gogh's sketches, these are also about capturing a fleeting moment, a feeling, with just a few simple lines. Both show that art is really an ongoing conversation, a process of thinking and seeing that never really ends.