Rozetten en een kandelaar c. 1903 - 1904

This page of sketches in pencil, titled Rozetten en een kandelaar, is by Carel Adolph Lion Cachet. There's a provisional feel to the marks, like the artist is thinking through line. Look at the rosettes, the way they're built from circles that overlap, creating a rhythm of repetition and variation. The paper itself has a texture, a slightly yellowed tone that gives the sketches a warm, aged quality. Notice the way the pencil lines vary in darkness, some are light and tentative, others bolder and more defined. It's like a conversation, a back-and-forth between the artist and the page. The marks around the edges seem almost like notations or afterthoughts, adding another layer of complexity to the composition. It reminds me a little of the early sketchbooks of Gustav Klimt, you can see the way that artists working across time and place share this desire to explore art as an ongoing conversation and exchange of ideas. And, of course, to embrace the ambiguity of multiple interpretations.