Stående kvindelig model vendt mod venstre 1919 - 1922

This is a pen and ink drawing of a standing female nude, facing left, by Vilhelm Lundstrom. I can imagine Lundstrom working quickly, trying to capture the essence of the model in front of him, not so much about perfect representation, but more like a translation. The figure comes into being from a flurry of marks, each one feeling its way around the form. Look at the concentrated hatching and the tentative wandering of the lines. It reminds me of some of Picasso’s drawings. There’s a real sense of touch there. The hatching is very tender on her flesh. I wonder if he saw her as vulnerable, a bit like a dancer at rest? Or maybe he was more interested in something formal, maybe the problems of modernism. It is amazing how artists keep working through the same problems, responding and reacting across time.