Konijn en konijnenoren 1896

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet created this drawing, "Konijn en konijnenoren," with a pencil on paper. The composition is a study in minimalist form; the lines, spare and tentative, suggest a rabbit and detached ears floating in ambiguous space. The visual experience evokes a sense of incompleteness. There is no solid form, only lines that hint at the subject, with a lack of traditional shading or perspective. The materiality of the pencil on paper is evident in the varied pressure of the lines, creating a texture that is both delicate and immediate. This work destabilizes the conventions of representation. Rather than presenting a complete, coherent image, it offers fragmented glimpses, challenging our expectations of how form and meaning come together. The isolated ears suggest a poststructuralist exploration into deconstruction where familiar shapes and fixed meanings are questioned. The drawing functions not merely as an aesthetic exploration, but as part of a larger discourse on how we perceive and construct the world around us.