Brief aan Philip Zilcken Possibly 1905

Alidor Delzant wrote this letter to Philip Zilcken in Paris, on January 5, 1905, using ink on paper. Imagine the quiet concentration, the scratching of the nib, the ink bleeding into the fibers. It is a gesture of friendship across the surface. I wonder what Delzant was thinking as he penned these words, each stroke a deliberate mark of connection. His cursive feels both intimate and formal, a dance between emotion and etiquette, and with its inky flow, the writing breathes on the page. There’s a certain rhythm to the letter forms, a flow that makes me think of other artists of his generation. It’s like he's speaking not just with words but with the very act of writing. Artists, like old friends, are always in conversation, sharing ideas across time. There’s no fixed meaning here, just a fluid exchange, an invitation to feel and imagine, reminding us that art is a space of ongoing dialogue and creative possibility.