Robe de dentelle noire sur fond de liberty beige. 1919

This little etching of a lady having tea, I imagine, was made around 1919, but the artist is unknown. It’s very likely that this was for a magazine, and the artist may have been a woman. I love how the colors don’t match the forms, like the artist was more interested in the feeling than precision. It's so cool how the painting in the background mirrors the colors of the mountains outside the window – or is it a geometric abstraction? It's like the artist is playing with different ways of seeing, mixing reality and imagination. I imagine the artist taking their time, carefully layering each color, making choices in the moment. There’s something intimate and personal about this image.