Schetsboek met 53 bladen 1906 - 1945

This sketchbook with 53 pages was made by Reijer Stolk, but the exact date of its creation remains unknown. The cover, with its undulations of woven material, invites us to consider the relationship between surface and depth. The slight variations in the weave create a subtle rhythm that is both visually engaging and strangely tactile. Imagine Stolk carrying this book around, its pages filled with the raw material of his artistic process. The very ordinariness of the cover speaks to the everyday nature of artmaking. It's a reminder that art isn't just about grand gestures, but about the accumulation of small moments, the accretion of marks, and the exploration of ideas, big or small. Sketchbooks like this are echoes of the artist's touch, whispers of intention, much like the sketchbooks of Van Gogh, which reveal how he worked through ideas, and the crucial role of this in the artist's wider body of work. They remind us that art is an ongoing conversation between the artist, the world, and the materials they use.