Studie af hattemagerlaugets fane. Notater og farveangivelser 1930 - 1936

Here's a sketch in graphite on paper by Niels Larsen Stevns, titled "Studie af hattemagerlaugets fane. Notater og farveangivelser." The page looks like a site of playful inquiry, right? A space where something is coming into being through a series of trials and intuitive gestures. I see lines dancing across the page, a flurry of quick strokes and notations mapping out something. I can imagine Larsen Stevns hovering over this notebook, his mind racing as he tries to capture the essence of the hatters' guild banner. He is teasing out form from chaos. The graphite is light and airy, like the first whispers of an idea. There are notes about color and measurements, which offer an insight into Larsen Stevns's thinking, the back-and-forth between observation and imagination. The work reminds me of Cy Twombly’s scribbled drawings or the notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci. Artists are always in conversation, riffing on each other’s ideas across time. It's not about fixed meanings but about embracing the ambiguity, leaving room for interpretation.