Ex libris van Andor Schäffer 1934

This Ex libris van Andor Schäffer was made with etching by Kornél Révész and it’s got that sepia tone, you know, like faded memories. I can see Révész hunched over the plate, right? Methodically scratching away to conjure this scene. There's this nude figure, arms stretched high to reach the flowers above. Is it Eve in the Garden of Eden? Or maybe she's just communing with nature, happy to gather a bouquet in this mountainous landscape. There is a real tenderness to the way he's marked the plate, with that wiry, nervous line. And the etching technique - it's like a dance of precision and chance, isn't it? You're never quite sure what you're gonna get until you pull that print, which feels rather like life. That tension between control and letting go, between intention and accident, is what makes etching so very charming. It's the same thing that draws me to painting. We’re all just reaching for something, trying to capture a fleeting moment, a feeling.