Pewter Tankard c. 1936

This is Henry Meyers' drawing of a Pewter Tankard, made with graphite on paper. It's not just a picture, but an architectural elevation, a design in progress, a thought experiment. I love the cool detachment of the graphite, giving the tankard this calm, silvery sheen. It's not about capturing a likeness, but about understanding form and space, like Cézanne painting apples. The way the light and shadow play across the surface, it almost feels like you could reach out and touch it. And then there are the diagrammatic drawings which surround it, little windows into Meyers' thinking. Think of the Dutch Masters who turned pewter objects into shimmering works of art, like Pieter Claesz. This drawing is about the everyday elevated to something monumental. It reminds us that art is a conversation across time, an ongoing exploration of how we see and experience the world.