This delicate graphite drawing offers a rare glimpse into Francis Dusépulchre's creative process, revealing the foundations of his geometric visual language. Through a series of precisely constructed circles, ellipses and intersecting lines, the artist investigates balance, movement and proportion with remarkable economy of means.

While many of these studies informed later reliefs and sculptures, the drawing also stands as an autonomous work in its own right.

Francis Dusépulchre (1934–2013) was a self-taught Belgian painter and sculptor who moved, around 1969, from an early surrealist figuration toward minimalist, constructed abstraction. The critic Robert Rousseau dubbed him a 'shadow-shower' for the way he let incisions and taut threads catch and release light across his panels. His monumental integrations can be found at Le Grand-Hornu and the Musée de Mariemont.