Pewter Coffee Urn 1935 - 1942

Theodore Pfitzer made this drawing of a pewter coffee urn, we don't know exactly when, but likely with graphite on paper. Look closely, and you can almost feel the artist's hand moving across the surface, carefully building up tone and form with delicate strokes. I imagine Pfitzer studying the way light reflects off the polished metal, trying to capture its subtle nuances and shine, or perhaps even thinking about how the eye moves around the object. You get a sense of the artist's quiet concentration, his careful observation of form and light, and the way he translated that onto paper. There's a certain elegance to the drawing. It is a dialogue between the artist's eye, hand, and the object, capturing a fleeting moment of observation and contemplation.