Prentbriefkaart aan Philip Zilcken Possibly 1921 - 1928

This postcard was probably made around 1921, sent by Ferdinand-Sigismund Bac. It's not just a quick note; the writing seems almost performative, the looping letters dance across the card’s surface. Look at how the ink sits, a little uneven, a little splattered in places. You can almost feel the scratch of the nib on the paper. Bac has a fluid, generous hand, a real pleasure, I think. The way the address sits below the stamps, with their own graphic quality adds to the composition as a whole. The text on the left is like a visual counterweight balancing the composition. It reminds me a little of Cy Twombly’s drawings—that same sense of gesture and immediacy. It shows how a simple postcard can be a work of art, where communication becomes a kind of intimate performance. There's no right or wrong way to read it; it’s more about letting the marks speak to you.