Blyantssværtning 1896

drawing

natural stone pattern

toned paper

possibly oil pastel

carved into stone

underpainting

pastel chalk drawing

carved

watercolour bleed

mixed medium

watercolor

"Blyantssværtning" is a 1896 work by Danish artist Niels Larsen Stevns. The drawing, housed in the SMK - Statens Museum for Kunst, features a light, almost entirely blank background with a textured layer of faint dark blue lines and dots, creating a subtle and abstract effect. This abstract piece, a prime example of Stevns’s work, invites viewers to contemplate the beauty of the subtle and the ephemeral.