Løse rids af komposition efter Gauguins Nøgen bretonsk dreng, 1889 samt iagttagelser gjort efter malerier af bl.a. Cezanne, Gauguin og Pissaro på impressionistudstillingen i Kunstforeningen, København, april 1911 1910 - 1911

This graphite sketch was made by J.A. Jerichau the second in 1911, in Copenhagen. It’s a page torn from the artist’s notebook, where we find a squared grid, other notes and marks, and the drawing itself, contained within another rectangle. Imagine Jerichau at the Kunstforeningen's Impressionist exhibition, deeply moved by the paintings of Cezanne, Gauguin, and Pissarro. What was it like to be a young painter, notebook in hand, trying to capture the essence of these masters? It’s like he’s thinking through his hand. It's all there. I see the ghost of Gauguin's Breton boy, but Jerichau isn’t just copying; he's wrestling with form, trying to understand the underlying structure. The quick, loose lines suggest a mind working at full tilt, absorbing and processing visual information. Artists are always in conversation with each other across time. Jerichau’s sketch is not just a copy but a bridge, a moment of connection in the ongoing dialogue of art.