Lantern 1937

This is Marie Famularo's pencil drawing of a lantern. I can almost see her at work on this, carefully rendering each line and plane with a soft graphite. It feels precise, architectural, but not without a certain tenderness. I think about the way artists often look at the world, trying to understand how things are constructed, how they function. It’s like they’re trying to get inside the object, the subject, to understand its very essence. I keep wondering: What was Famularo thinking about as she drew this lantern? Was she interested in its form, its function, or perhaps its symbolism? Maybe it was just an exercise in observation, a way to hone her skills and explore the possibilities of the medium. It feels both technical and personal. Artists have been in conversation with each other for centuries, and continue to inspire each other's work.