Ontwerp voor een juwelenkistje 1913

Here’s a design for a jewelry box by Mathieu Lauweriks, made with pencil and watercolour on paper. Look at these soft muted tones, almost ghostly! I imagine Lauweriks hunched over his drawing board, his brow furrowed in concentration, meticulously drafting the intricate details of the box. The geometric precision of the design is striking. The radial symmetry in the bottom drawing suggests a kind of cosmic order, don't you think? It is so intriguing to consider the connection between art and mathematics. I wonder if Lauweriks felt like he was unlocking some hidden harmony of the universe as he worked. The clean lines and precise angles remind me of Mondrian’s grids. Artists are always building on what came before, responding to and reshaping ideas across generations. I’d like to think they're having a conversation across time.