Abklatsch van de krijttekening op blad 25 verso 1875 - 1934

This impression of a chalk drawing was made by Isaac Israels, though we don’t know exactly when. What you're seeing is the ghost of an image, a residue of the creative act. Look closely, and you can trace the faint, ethereal lines of the original chalk drawing. It's as if Israels wanted to capture not just the image, but the very process of its creation. The textures are subtle, almost lost in the paper, and this adds to its enigmatic appeal. There is a softness to the image, it feels less fixed, more open, allowing for imagination and interpretation. This piece reminds me of Cy Twombly’s scribbled drawings, where the gesture and the process are as important as the final image. Both artists embrace imperfection, creating works that invite us to engage with art as an ongoing conversation, full of possibilities rather than fixed meanings.