Werktuig om een sluis te bedienen 1890 - 1946

Cornelis Vreedenburgh made this graphite drawing of a lock control mechanism. It’s all hard angles and straight lines, like an engineer’s blueprint but with a really human feel to it. I can just imagine Vreedenburgh standing there, squinting in the Dutch light, rapidly sketching to capture all the detail. You know, it’s funny, but even in something as technical as this, you can feel the artist's hand. The texture of the graphite on paper, the pressure he used, the way the lines sometimes wobble slightly – these all speak to the artist’s touch. It’s like he’s not just documenting a machine, but also the act of seeing and understanding it. You can see the exchange between artists over time, each building upon the others' work. The drawing has this incredible energy, like he’s trying to communicate how things fit together. For me, this drawing becomes more than just a representation; it's an embodied expression.