Abklatsch van de krijttekening op blad 12 verso 1875 - 1934

This "Abklatsch van de krijttekening op blad 12 verso" was made by Isaac Israels with a chalk drawing. The interesting thing about a chalk drawing is that the medium is so immediate, you know? You can almost feel Israels' hand moving across the paper. Look at how the chalk is smudged and blurred in some areas, like he was trying to capture a fleeting memory or a half-formed thought. The texture is everything here, the way the chalk grabs onto the paper, creating these grainy, almost ethereal forms. In the lower right, you can see how a thick, dark cluster of chalk particles forms a shape, maybe a figure, maybe not. It reminds me a bit of Cy Twombly's scribbled drawings, where the process of making is just as important as the final image. This piece is all about the beauty of impermanence and the poetics of the unfinished. It’s a reminder that art doesn’t always have to be polished and perfect; sometimes, the raw, unfiltered gesture is enough.