Ontwerpen voor het onderstel van een tafel c. 1906

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet made these "Ontwerpen voor het onderstel van een tafel" in the early 20th century, using pencil on paper. It’s a flurry of ideas, the kind of drawing that feels like thinking out loud. The marks are tentative, searching, almost like the artist is feeling his way through the possibilities. Look at the bottom right, you can see this curly flourish, repeated with slight variations across the sheet. It’s as if the artist is testing it out, seeing how it might work in different contexts. It makes me think about the way artmaking is a constant conversation, we're always drawing on what came before, riffing on ideas, and pushing them in new directions. These table legs remind me of the sculptures of Brancusi, both share a commitment to simplicity and elegance. It’s a reminder that art is always evolving, always in dialogue with itself.