Man met houten been en stok in een dorpsstraat 1928

Henk Henriët created this pencil drawing of a man with a wooden leg and cane on paper. The composition, rendered in muted tones, uses line to define form, creating a somber mood. Henriët manipulates perspective to emphasize the figure's isolation. The buildings lean in a way, their converging lines framing the central character. The man, depicted with careful attention to the details of his worn clothing and prosthetic leg, stands as a study in contrasts—the rough texture of his garments against the smooth, almost ethereal rendering of the sky. This juxtaposition invites us to consider the semiotic weight of Henriët's choice of medium and subject. Pencil, with its capacity for both delicate shading and sharp delineation, becomes a tool for exploring themes of resilience and marginalization. The very act of drawing, of translating three-dimensional reality into two-dimensional representation, mirrors the man's own altered state, his body reshaped by circumstance.