Sketches and studies of David Bles
A plate book of sketches and studies by the Dutch-born painter David Bles, published in London by Alexander Moring in 1909 as a record of his working drawings. The pages show chalk and pencil figure studies, several rotated sideways, with handwritten notes in the margins. A designer could take from them loose, quick gesture drawing: figures caught mid-pose with soft smudged shading and minimal outline.
