Aantekening uit archief Jan Veth 1898 - 1984

This piece, "Aantekening uit archief Jan Veth," sits in the Rijksmuseum as an anonymous creation. It's almost like a whisper of thought, captured in handwriting, maybe with a graphite pencil. It reminds me of the way Cy Twombly scrawled across canvases – a kind of personal code laid bare. The marks are delicate, almost ephemeral, as if the artist was thinking aloud onto the page. Look closely, and you'll see how the pressure varies, giving a rhythm to the lines. The words gather and disperse like clouds, hinting at stories, or perhaps, just a fleeting moment of contemplation. I’m drawn to the way the text clusters and drifts, creating a visual texture. It’s not about legibility, it’s about the gesture, the movement of the hand. The writing relates to the piece as a whole, either formally or metaphorically, as a kind of notation, a score for some unheard melody. It echoes Eva Hesse's process, where repetition and accumulation become forms in themselves. It's a reminder that art is an ongoing conversation, a dance between intention and accident.