Cirkel 1928

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet made this page of sketches, named Cirkel, with pencil, at some point. It’s a working drawing, you know, about getting some other work done, with a process right there on the page. The paper is the support, and the pencil lays down the line. Some lines make a shape, but others are just measuring, adding up some distance. I mean, isn’t art about measurement in some way? Line is the most basic thing, and here we see how it measures things out, makes it all add up. Look at that circle, slightly wobbly, a bit off, but full of intention. And then all these other lines, all about relation. How can we talk about this? As a painting, it feels like a Cy Twombly. But it’s a sketch, all the working out there on the page. It’s a conversation, all these lines, all these numbers, all these questions, talking to each other. It’s not trying to be perfect, just trying to be.