Walls and towers of Soldai 1904

Konstantin Bogaevsky made this drawing of the Walls and towers of Soldai with pencil on paper. It’s all about the line, isn’t it? You can see Bogaevsky feeling his way around the forms with these delicate, searching marks. It reminds me of Giacometti's drawings, that same tentative, almost hesitant approach. Look at the way he builds up the textures of the stone with these tiny, broken lines. It's like he's not just drawing what he sees, but also how it feels to touch those ancient walls. The light is so soft, almost dreamlike, giving the whole scene an otherworldly quality. And the way the lines fade in and out, it's like the whole landscape is dissolving into the paper. That little cluster of marks down in the bottom right corner, almost like a signature, is repeated throughout, giving the piece a kind of structure. It's not just a drawing; it's a meditation on time, memory, and the way things fall apart. It feels very personal, very human.