Briefkaart aan Philip Zilcken Possibly 1924 - 1928

This postcard to Philip Zilcken by Adriaan Pit is made of paper, ink and a Netherlands stamp and looks to me like it was written around 1924, what a year! I can imagine the artist, pen in hand, carefully crafting a message, maybe on a train or in a busy cafe? The handwriting is faint, almost ghostly. You can see the penmanship has a bit of flourish with looping ascenders and descenders, adding a personal touch to the text. I bet it was written with a fountain pen and decent ink. Even everyday correspondence like this reveals so much. This little message connects to a whole history of letter writing. Artists are always in conversation, each one building on what came before, sometimes directly referencing it and sometimes subverting it. It's all one big, beautiful, messy conversation.