Målenagivelser 1932 - 1935

Here we see a page of ‘Målenagivelser’ by Niels Larsen Stevns, raw notations in pencil, a flurry of numbers and lines. It feels like glimpsing a private moment of planning, with all the beautiful awkwardness of a work in progress. I can imagine Stevns hunched over this page, wrestling with dimensions, trying to bring order to his vision through calculation. The zigzags and straight lines, annotated with numbers, remind me that painting is, at its core, a deeply embodied act. Think about the physicality of it, the constant negotiation between intention and the unruly behavior of materials. This piece makes me think about the way artists talk to each other across time. I see echoes of other artists grappling with similar problems, like Sol LeWitt working through the permutations of a line, or Agnes Martin mapping out the subtle gradations of her grids. Ultimately, it’s a reminder that art is always in conversation, an ongoing exchange of ideas and inspiration.