Brief aan Philip Zilcken Possibly 1921

Jeanne Erlich wrote this letter to Philip Zilcken in 1921. I can imagine Erlich carefully choosing her words. She's using ink, or maybe graphite—a medium that allows for a controlled yet expressive line. The script is elegant and flowing, but also casual, as though she wrote it while sitting outside. It is as though she uses the blank page as a painter might use a canvas, the writing itself becoming a kind of gestural performance. I feel a connection to Erlich's process. How she makes this personal moment permanent. I wonder if she knew that this little note would one day be seen by strangers, each of us bringing our own interpretations to its gentle script. The history of art is a long conversation, isn't it? Each artist responding to those who came before, adding their voice to the chorus.