Brief aan Philip Zilcken Possibly 1922

This letter to Philip Zilcken, written in Paris, it's like a drawing made with words, a kind of intimate sketch from mevrouw R. Himelschein. The script is a dance of dark ink across the page, a flurry of thoughts and emotions. Imagine the artist’s hand, poised with a pen, moving swiftly, maybe a little shaky, across the paper. I wonder what it was like for her as she shared the news about Rose, the operation, the waiting, the hoping. The handwriting is tight and urgent, each letter leaning into the next. It's not trying to be perfect or neat, it’s just trying to get the message across. The words layer on top of each other, creating a texture of ink, where dark strokes form a network across the page. I imagine the other artists who might have seen this letter, passed it around between friends. Each reader pausing to take in the news, the script connecting the artists to each other through shared concerns, hopes, and fears. Like one painting speaking to another.