Studie, mogelijk van een landschap c. 1892 - 1897

Willem Witsen made this study, possibly of a landscape, with a pencil on paper. The drawing presents a skeletal view of form, its raw materiality laid bare, almost as a sign. The landscape emerges from the artist's marks, a mesh of horizontal and vertical lines, capturing the rudimentary essence of trees or structures. These lines, seemingly random, construct an intricate scaffolding, almost resembling the framework of a building under construction, where solidity and ephemerality meet. The artist engages with the tradition of landscape drawing and also destabilizes it. Rather than presenting a picturesque scene, Witsen offers us an intimate and unresolved moment in the creative process. We see the artist's search for structure. The drawing becomes a field of possibilities, asking viewers to participate in its completion.