Ontwerpen voor stoelen c. 1903 - 1904

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet made these chair designs with pencil on paper, but when? Well, that’s part of the mystery, isn't it? It’s like a page torn from a sketchbook, filled with the ghosts of chairs. Each one is a quick study, a what-if, lines searching for form. Look closely, and you’ll see the hand of the artist, the pressure of the pencil, the erasures, all left visible. This isn't about a perfect rendering; it’s about the act of thinking through drawing. The texture of the paper and the varying line weights add to this sense of immediacy. There’s one chair, near the bottom right, that almost looks like a face staring back at you. Is it winking? Maybe I’m projecting, but that’s the beauty of sketches, right? They invite you into the process, into the artist’s mind. It reminds me of some of David Hockney’s sketchbooks, where the everyday becomes extraordinary through the simple act of looking and recording. It makes you think about the conversation between artists across time and space.