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  • Shadow of scents
  • Crossed paths
  • Along the way

08.21.2017 The line in drawing

Rembrandt van Rijn (1606/7-1669), Trois arbres (eau-forte)
Along the way

The drawing captures the essence of an action, even if the subject matter is immobile.

08.07.2017 Il Disegno, drawing and design

Drawing Hands (« Mains dessinant »), lithographie de Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972)
Crossed paths

“Drawing is even more important because it is at the origin of a piece of work.” (Pascal Bonafoux)

08.04.2017 The hand of the soul

Alfred Leopold Isidor Kubin (1877-1959), illustration.
Along the way

Drawing is an art of the sign that reveals the unknown.

07.31.2017 Juice and ink

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Shadow of scents

Each diptyque perfume has its own hand-drawned illustration.

01.27.2017 The thinking hand

Galileo, Galilei, Phases lunaires, 1610
Along the way

Endorsed by prestigious examples, art historian Horst Bredekamp shows the specific logic of drawing in which the hand produces an explicit bond between an idea and its related image.

05.27.2016 Desmond’s landscapes: Asia

Dessin de Desmond Knox-Leet
Along the way

An artist at home, Desmond Knox-Leet filled his notebooks with sketches and travel commentaries.

05.16.2016 Desmond’s landscapes: Mediterranean world

Dessin de Desmond Knox-Leet: Assise
Along the way

An artist at home, Desmond Knox-Leet filled his notebooks with sketches and travel commentaries.

05.06.2016 Desmond’s landscapes: France

Dessin de Desmond Knox-Leet: jardin de Provence
Along the way

Wherever Desmond Knox-Leet went, he drew. An artist at home, he filled his notebooks with sketches and travel commentaries.

08.13.2015 Venice

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Along the way

Venice is a hypnosis. A theatrical city, a floating dream, undulating maze, blurred reflections, blaze of the day in the wave… Poetry drenched with torpor. It was a summer stop for the diptyque founders and friends…

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