Lamp c. 1940

Richard Taylor drew this lamp with pencil and crayon on paper. Look closely at how he’s built up the form with these tiny, controlled marks, almost like he’s knitting the image into being. There’s such a tender attention to detail in the way he renders the glass. It’s not just about replicating what he sees, but about trying to understand it from the inside out. See how the base is built from repeated, careful marks. This reminds me of the work of Giorgio Morandi, who spent his life drawing and redrawing the same bottles. It's like Taylor’s trying to capture the very essence of the lamp, not just its appearance. I love how a simple object can become so charged with meaning when someone takes the time to really look at it, and then invites us to do the same.