Guitar and Profile 1924

Andre Masson made this drawing, Guitar and Profile, with pencil on paper. It’s a delicate dance of lines and ghostly shapes. Masson's got this way of making things appear and disappear, like memories. You can see the guitar, not quite there, more like a suggestion. And the profile, fading into the background, is it a face or just a feeling? The graphite has this soft, almost powdery texture. It is as though he’s caressing the paper, each line a whisper. Look at the way the guitar's sound hole is rendered, a simple circle but so full of depth. It is like a portal, inviting you into the music, into the mystery. I can’t help but think of Picasso when I see this, but Masson brings his own brand of poetic ambiguity. It reminds you that art is not about answers, but about asking the right questions.