Figurstudie 1930 - 1936

Niels Larsen Stevns made this figure study with pencil on paper. The artist is working something out here, and you can feel the energy of his thought process in these lines. The pencil marks are tentative, searching, and that’s the whole point. Look at the way he builds up the form with repeated strokes. The lines aren't precious, they're about discovery. See the arm near the top of the page? It’s not just one line, but a series of lines, each one a slight adjustment, a correction of the previous one. You know, this reminds me a bit of Rodin's drawings – that same sense of capturing movement and form through a kind of restless, probing line. It's about the journey, not just the destination. Art doesn’t have to be fixed or certain, it can be a space for exploration and ambiguity.