Drawer Pull c. 1936

Here we have Hans Korsch's "Drawer Pull," made at some point, we don't know exactly when, using what looks like graphite and colored pencil on paper. Look at the way the metal is rendered! You can tell this artist understands light, and how it hits the surface of things, accentuating some parts, throwing others into shadow. I love how the hardware has been drawn and how the artist takes such care. Korsch is really thinking about how we interact with objects. The pull becomes this little landscape for your fingers, this threshold between you and whatever secrets lie inside the drawer. In this drawing, the functional becomes ornamental, almost like jewelry.