Side Chair c. 1937

This diagram of a side chair was drawn by B. Holst-Grubbe. It's all lines, precise angles, and a sort of ghostly vision of a chair. I try to imagine B. Holst-Grubbe sitting, drawing, thinking... Was this an act of pure documentation or something more? A desire to capture the essence of "chairness"? The materiality of the paper breathes a certain life into it. The way the pencil softly scratches across the surface, mapping out the architecture of this everyday object. It’s fascinating to see how one object can be rendered through different perspectives, front, side, and a plan of the seat. It reminds me that art isn’t just about seeing, but also about understanding, about piecing together different viewpoints to form a complete picture. It’s an invitation to see the world in multiple dimensions, to appreciate the hidden structures that underpin our everyday experiences. It's a quiet nod to the power of observation.