Dimensions: 210 mm (height) x 276 mm (width) (bladmaal)
Ludvig Find made this drawing of a little girl on a sofa in 1910 with a pencil. The way the line just zips around the page, it's like he's trying to capture the energy of a moment, not just what it looks like. It's all about the feeling of movement. The drawing is so simple, just lines on paper. You can almost see him moving the pencil, deciding where to go next. Like the zigzags that suggest the folds in her dress, or the pillow she's flopped on – it’s about how the marks build up. I am really drawn to the little hand dangling off the side of the sofa! There's a looseness that reminds me of Matisse's drawings, just that same sense of trying to grab something real and fleeting. It’s like Find is saying, art is about being in the moment, not about perfection. You can practically feel the playful energy of the scene.
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