Untitled
1862
From the collection of Rijksmuseum
1862
From the collection of Rijksmuseum
You see a small, crumpled sheet of paper with quick pencil lines—two men in old-fashioned coats standing under a bare tree. No one knows who drew it or why. It was tucked inside a big ledger at the Rijksmuseum, filed under “neighborhood 12.” The lines are so light you can barely see them, like a thought someone almost forgot to finish. Look up more drawings from the Rijksmuseum to see how everyday sketches end up in big collections.
