Drie eetkamerstoelen 1895 - 1935

Léon Laroche made this drawing of three dining chairs, maybe with watercolors, or very thin gouache, and pencil. I wonder if Laroche ever sat on chairs like these? Probably not, it was his job to draw them, and to make them desirable. Look at how lightly he’s touched the paper, almost like a shy person, but with a very, very firm idea of the shapes. You can see the confidence in the symmetry of the chair on the left, the one with the square back. It's so square, and yet so ornate, it's as if it has a split personality! Each one is slightly different but they have a definite family resemblance. I think they are whispering secrets to one another. It reminds me that every artist is in conversation with every other artist. We're all just chatting away through time!