Chair 1935 - 1942

This diagram of a chair was made by Herbert Marsh at an unknown date, using a pen on paper. When I look at the image I see it’s got all these lines and numbers, but it’s also sort of beautiful. You can tell that the artist really cared, I mean, like, this person spent hours on this thing, right? And for me, the lines become a drawing in themselves. The care and labor become the subject. I think about his hand holding the pen, making the drawing and all those little numbers. He’s working something out. What was he thinking? I wonder. You can feel his concentration in every line. It's like he’s whispering to other artists, saying, hey, I’m here, I care about this, too.