To kalker af fugle, desuden afskrift på tysk efter Richard Engelmann "Bilder antiken Lebens Pompei" 1864 - 1941

This page from a sketchbook by Niels Larsen Stevns holds bird tracings and handwritten notes, a glimpse into the artist's thought process. The tracings, rendered with delicate lines, show a fascination with form and movement. I am struck by the contrast between the fragile bird sketches and the dense, almost chaotic script surrounding them, which is a copy from Richard Engelmann "Bilder antiken Lebens Pompei". The material quality here is raw and immediate, like an intimate conversation with the artist. This particular page feels like a snapshot of a restless mind, always searching, always learning, always copying. It reminds me a little of Cy Twombly's sketchbooks, that same blend of image and text, the sense of art as an ongoing exploration rather than a fixed statement. It tells us a lot about the artist’s process of looking and learning, the way he absorbs information and transforms it into something new.