Sofa c. 1940

Here's Harry Eisman's "Sofa," made sometime in the 20th century with watercolor and graphite on paper. Just looking at it, I can feel Eisman carefully building up the forms with subtle layers, like he's trying to capture not just how this sofa looks, but how it *feels* to look at it, you know? I'm thinking about Eisman, sitting, maybe drawing this sofa, trying to get that gleam of the leather, the curve of the wood. Was he thinking about Ingres? Or maybe he was just really into sofas, I don't know! But there’s something deeply satisfying in the way he renders the texture of the wood grain, the way light catches on the edges. It makes me think about how every artist is in conversation with the artists who came before them, borrowing ideas, responding to their work, and adding their own voice to the mix. It's like a big, ongoing jam session where everyone's riffing off each other, trying to make something new and beautiful.