Ontwerpen voor stoelen en een schouw 1908

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet made these designs for chairs and a fireplace with pencil on paper. Isn't it interesting how sketches let us glimpse into an artist's mind? These marks feel provisional and exploratory. The lines are tentative, almost like he's thinking aloud on paper. I love how the chairs and fireplace are rendered with a kind of minimalist elegance. There's a real attention to form and proportion, even in these early stages. Look at the bottom right chair. See how the pencil lines are so light, they almost float off the page? It captures the essence of a chair without getting bogged down in detail. It's about suggesting rather than describing. It puts me in mind of how David Hockney uses loose sketching to plan out his colourful interiors. It reminds us that art is about ideas, and that something unfinished can often be more intriguing than something polished.