Ornamenten, onder andere met een driehoekmotief c. 1928

Editor: Here we have "Ornamenten, onder andere met een driehoekmotief," or "Ornaments, including a triangle motif," a drawing in graphite from around 1928 by Carel Adolph Lion Cachet. It looks like a page torn from a sketchbook, filled with geometric doodles and handwritten notes. What do you make of its fragmented composition? Curator: It's less fragmented than...intimate. It whispers of an artist lost in thought, doesn't it? I imagine Lion Cachet, perhaps late at night, the scent of ink and wood in the air, jotting down ideas before they vanish. The "triangle motif" hints at the influence of geometric abstraction that was swirling around the art world at the time, wouldn’t you agree? Though he isn't committing to it fully, is he? There’s still this groundedness, a need to document and measure… what does that tension between abstraction and precision say to you? Editor: That's a great point. It feels like he's trying to reconcile the free-flowing nature of art with some kind of structure. Almost like an architect brainstorming… Curator: Exactly! And perhaps the real ornament isn’t the triangle motif itself, but the mind at work, grappling with ideas, letting inspiration flow onto the page without the pressure of perfection. Don’t you find it liberating? Editor: Absolutely. It makes me see how even a simple sketch can capture a moment of pure creativity. Curator: It's a reminder that art isn't just about finished masterpieces, but also the messy, beautiful process that gets us there. A conversation, quite literally, between the artist and their muse.