Prentbriefkaart aan Philip Zilcken Possibly 1922

Here's a postcard sent to Philip Zilcken by Vittorio Pica in 1922. It’s a funny thing looking at the back of a postcard. I imagine Pica in Venice, pen in hand, figuring out what to say, trying to keep it brief but personal. The handwriting loops and curves, like vines climbing a wall. Was he thoughtful, hurried, or both? I feel the artist's breath right there in those strokes. And what about that stamp, a tiny portrait itself? I am curious about who the person is and what the occasion was. The stamp and the writing; the image itself. These small, intimate gestures are the things that move through time and space. Artists are always in conversation like this, aren’t they? Sending messages, throwing ideas into the world, hoping someone catches them. This little card, just a trace of a moment, becomes a point of connection.