Portretkoppen van Joanna Lion Cachet-Cordes en een man met een hoed c. 1935 - 1940

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet made this drawing of Joanna Lion Cachet-Cordes and a man with a hat, probably in his studio, with pencil on paper. Look at the tentative, searching lines, the quick scribbles defining form – it's like watching the artist think! I love how the simple act of putting pencil to paper can reveal so much. See how Cachet uses line weight to suggest depth, the hatching creating a sense of volume. The texture of the paper itself adds another layer, grounding the ethereal quality of the sketches. Notice the man's hat, how its shape is suggested more than defined, each line carrying the energy of the artist’s hand. This reminds me of some of Philip Guston’s quick drawings, capturing a fleeting thought before it disappears. Art isn’t about perfect representation; it's about embracing the messy, the unfinished, and the open-ended nature of perception.