Abklatsch van een tekening c. 1910 - 1915

This image is a transfer drawing by Willem Witsen, and the cool thing about transfer drawings is how they reveal the art-making process. It's not about hiding the steps, it’s all about what happens when you move the image from one place to another. I love how you can almost see Witsen pressing the two sheets together, coaxing the image into existence. There's a lightness and a ghostliness to it, a whisper of a scene rather than a bold statement. Look at the way the tones shift and blur, creating this dreamy, atmospheric quality. It's like memory itself, fading and reforming with each passing glance. The smudges and imperfections become part of the story. It reminds me of Twombly’s drawings, where the gesture and the process are as important as the final image. It is a reminder that art is an ongoing conversation.