laatikko
From the collection of Helsinki City Museum
laatikko is a work by Calteaux-Bargue, held at Helsinki City Museum.
This is a wooden box with a lid. Inside the lid, there’s a messy drawing in faded colors—red, blue, and black marks smudged into shapes. Below, the box holds broken bits of colored chalk scattered in sand. The drawing looks like scribbles, but the chalk pieces suggest someone was experimenting. The box itself is worn, like it’s been used a lot. If you like this kind of raw, hands-on art, look up cross-hatching.
This artist worked in Paris during the late 1800s, making drawings that capture simple, everyday objects with clean lines and careful shading.
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