Udsigt over klitter ved Harboøre 1921

Niels Bjerre captured "Udsigt over klitter ved Harboøre" with a simple pencil, and it’s like he’s thinking out loud on paper. The marks are delicate, almost tentative, which is a beautiful way to approach a landscape. It's all about process. Look closely at the texture of the dunes. The pencil lines are so light and layered, they create this almost palpable sense of the wind shaping the sand. And that sky! It’s just a few strokes, but you can feel the vastness, the light trying to break through. That little signature, “Harboøre Sept. 21. N.B”, it anchors the piece to a specific time and place, making it feel like a personal record of a moment, much like a Turner landscape sketch, or one of Agnes Martin's understated graphite works. There’s a certain modesty in the mark-making, an acceptance of ambiguity, which I find really appealing.