Meisjeskoppen 1905 - 1906

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet made this sketch of girls heads, Meisjeskoppen, on paper at an unknown date. It’s a drawing about looking and seeing, a conversation between the artist, the paper, and those elusive faces. The marks here are so fleeting, like whispers of form. See how the pencil barely grazes the surface, creating a texture that feels both delicate and immediate. It's like Cachet is thinking out loud, letting the pencil dance across the page to capture a sense of form. Look at the lines defining the hair of the girl at the bottom – they’re not just descriptive, they’re full of energy, almost vibrating with the movement of the artist’s hand. This piece reminds me of other artists who play with line and form, like Matisse in his line drawings. But Cachet brings his own sensibility, a kind of quiet intensity, to the work. The piece invites us to contemplate the multiple possibilities inherent in every sketch, a world of ambiguity where meaning is always in motion.