Bateaux dans le Port 1929 - 1932

Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac made this etching, ‘Bateaux dans le Port’, with a vision born from the process itself, where each line feels like a step in a dance. It’s all about the surface, right? Look how the ink sits delicately on the page, barely there, like a whisper. The texture is smooth, almost transparent, and it's as if you could run your fingers over it without feeling a thing, yet the image is so strong. See how he uses the simplest of lines to create depth, capturing the scene outside the window? There's a particular scribble on the curtain, so loose and free, that it suggests movement and light, animating the entire scene. Segonzac reminds me a bit of Giacometti, in the way they both used line to capture not just the form, but the feeling of a space. This piece is less about perfection and more about the joy of seeing. Art is an ongoing conversation, and Segonzac is saying something beautiful here, with a lightness that invites us to listen closely.