Ontvangstbewijs Possibly 1943 - 1948

This receipt, made by the Amsterdam police, feels like a drawing, a notation, a strange kind of landscape. The forms are delineated in graphite or ink, the subtle variations in pressure and the slight smudging of the lines a sensitive record of the hand. The paper has yellowed with age, making the receipt a kind of palimpsest, where layers of meaning accumulate over time. The writing, a mix of printed text and handwritten annotations, adds to the sense of depth and complexity. Look at the way the address is written – AMSTERDAM LOgHBAANG RACHT 36 – the letters almost floating on the surface. This piece makes me think of artists like Cy Twombly, who also used writing and drawing as a way to explore memory, history, and the passage of time. Like Twombly’s work, this receipt embraces ambiguity and multiple interpretations, inviting us to bring our own experiences and associations to it.