Udkast til statuettegruppe 1915 - 1924

This is Gudrun Traustedt’s, Udkast til statuettegruppe, made with pencil on paper. Look at those gestural marks! You can see the artist searching, shifting. Do you think she was satisfied with the lines as they were? I can imagine Traustedt wrestling with this sketch, trying to capture just the right form, the right feeling, and the way she’s layered those lines, it gives the figures a real sense of movement and tension. I wonder if she was thinking about Rodin, maybe? You can see her concern with depicting the human form, but there’s also this raw, expressive energy that feels very personal. That one line that marks the back of the front figure is gorgeous, it is so subtle but it is packed with expression. It’s like a quick, whispered conversation between her and the paper. You know, artists are always in conversation with each other across time, and it's through these kinds of experiments, these little whispers, that new ideas emerge. It all adds to the ongoing conversation that makes art so alive.