Zelfportret: B-1-1 Possibly 1941 - 1948

This self-portrait, B-1-1, was made in pencil by Cor van Teeseling. I wonder when? Look at the soft gradations, that smokey blending of graphite on paper. It's like he's coaxing himself into being, each stroke building up from the void. I feel a kinship, imagining him staring intensely into the mirror, searching for something, some truth in his own reflection. There's a vulnerability here, isn't there? The eyes, slightly averted, hint at introspection. You can sense the artist's hand moving across the paper, each line a decision, a hesitation, a revelation. This piece is a quiet, personal meditation. It reminds me of other artists grappling with their own image, their own identity. It’s about the push and pull of trying to capture something elusive, something that's always just out of reach.