drawing, mixed-media, paper, ink, pen
drawing
aged paper
mixed-media
sketch book
hand drawn type
paper
personal sketchbook
ink
hand-drawn typeface
fading type
pen-ink sketch
ink colored
abstraction
sketchbook drawing
pen
sketchbook art
modernism
calligraphy
Dimensions: height 207 mm, width 134 mm
Copyright: Rijks Museum: Open Domain
This list of magazine titles by Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries is like a little poem. I can imagine de Vries with a pencil in hand, the graphite softly scratching as each title emerges. The paper is thin and slightly discolored, maybe even torn. Looking at these words, I wonder, what was he thinking? Maybe he was making a list of all the magazines he wished to subscribe to, or maybe these were publications that influenced him. The gentle pressure and movement of the pencil across the page, each stroke forming a letter and each word evoking a world of art and ideas. There's something intimate about seeing someone's handwriting like this, like catching a glimpse into their mind. It reminds me that artists are always in conversation, drawing inspiration from each other and from the world around them. It's a reminder that art is about exchange and connection.
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