Twee vrouwen maken toilet 1875 - 1934

Isaac Israels sketched "Twee vrouwen maken toilet" at an unknown date with a pencil. The sketch feels immediate, like a thought caught on paper. Israels is playing with line; confident, searching lines that build form but also leave space for suggestion. It's like he's thinking aloud, figuring things out as he goes. I am drawn to the way he captures the curve of the reclining figure, the economy of line that suggests volume and weight. It reminds me of a Cy Twombly or a late de Kooning, that same sense of searching, of the hand moving across the surface in a kind of dance. It's a reminder that art is not about perfection but about process, about the act of seeing and translating that vision into something tangible. It’s the quiet conversation between artist and material.