Colette a son bureau 1929 - 1932

André Dunoyer de Segonzac’s etching gives us Colette at her desk, hard at work. The linear work is so full, and descriptive, without being belabored. I'm curious about the relationship between these two artists. Colette, a powerhouse in her own right. You can feel the artist is on her side. Capturing her in a contemplative moment of creation. A voyeuristic peek. The sketchiness of line suggests a moment caught in time, rather than an overly studied, formal portrait. You can see him working with a light touch but unafraid to double down on a line to give it more weight and presence. He's pulling from impressionism but doing his own thing. It's so specific, yet so ephemeral. It's like they're having a conversation in real-time. Each one inspiring the other. Painting is like that, a dance of mark-making, a kind of call and response that keeps evolving, always in process.