Studier af rammeprofiler samt notater 1919

This page of studies and notes of frame profiles by Niels Larsen Stevns gives us insight into the process of artmaking. The tentative lines and the artist's handwritten notes, "filled" and "billet", are almost like a stream-of-consciousness captured on paper. The physical qualities of the work are so immediate; the texture of the paper, the soft graphite of the pencil. You can almost feel the artist's hand moving across the page as he explores these different forms. Look at the way he renders the small, repetitive curves in one of the profiles, the marks bunching up, and then trailing off with a lighter touch. It's like he's thinking through the pencil, letting the gesture lead the way. There’s a real conversation happening across time here, these echoes of architectural detail, frame making, and the artist's own explorations. It all feels so open, so unresolved, so beautifully ambiguous.