Toon bekijkt het gezicht van Piet Bing before 1954

Hans Borrebach made this image of Toon looking at Piet Bing with ink and watercolor. It has this casual, yet precise line, with pale washes of blue and black. I imagine Borrebach hunched over a desk, maybe with a cigarette, thinking about the interactions between these two guys. The lines feel like a very particular kind of conversation between the artist's hand and his mind. I wonder about the kind of looking Borrebach was after, and how he felt about this Piet Bing guy, who’s getting a once-over from Toon. Borrebach’s work reminds me of the posters and comic art of the mid-century modern period, with its sharp wit and social commentary. It's like he's capturing a fleeting moment, a sideways glance loaded with unspoken meaning, freezing the action with a few strokes of ink. Artists keep answering each other in a big conversation over time, you know? And each painting, each little cartoon, is a chance to say something new, or maybe just ask another question.