Studie, abklatsch van een krijttekening 1909

This "Studie, abklatsch van een krijttekening" was made with chalk by George Hendrik Breitner and now resides at the Rijksmuseum. It feels like a ghostly image, a fleeting impression, maybe the memory of a place rather than the place itself. The texture is everything here, isn't it? The soft, almost powdery quality of the chalk, the way it clings to the paper, smudges, and fades. It is less about precise rendering, and more about capturing a feeling, a mood. See how the darkest marks are concentrated on the left, and how they disperse as you look right. There's a wonderful vulnerability to this piece. It reminds me a little of Cy Twombly's drawings, which also embrace imperfection and process. The mess, the ambiguity – that's where the real beauty lies. It's not about getting it "right," but about the journey of making.