Drie gekostumeerde figuren, mogelijk clowns c. 1905 - 1910

This sketch of three figures, possibly clowns, was made with graphite on paper by Carel Adolph Lion Cachet. I can imagine him lightly holding the pencil, following his intuition. Look at the lines. They are tentative, searching for the form. They are not fixed, not quite resolved, and that’s what I love about them! They make the image so alive, as if they're about to jump off the page and into the circus ring. It reminds me that the act of drawing can be a real performance. I wonder if Cachet knew Picasso’s acrobats? You can see them in this shared lightness of touch. It’s like they are all thinking about line and movement in the same breath. It all feels connected in this long, ongoing conversation about art. The conversation is about how artists, like Cachet, embrace uncertainty to arrive at the most unexpected, playful, and profound gestures.