Brief aan jonkheer Hendrik Teding van Berkhout (1879-1969) 1889 - 1942

Else Berg penned this letter to Jonkheer Hendrik Teding van Berkhout, probably with a fountain pen, looking at the flow of ink. Handwriting is such a trip, isn't it? It's like seeing the artist's mind directly on the page, a real performance. Look at the way she forms her letters, all these loops and swirls. You can almost feel the rhythm of her hand as she wrote. The ink varies in darkness, thick in some places, fading in others, showing us the pressure she applied. It’s like a dance, a physical record of her thoughts taking shape. Think about the letter "B" in "Berg". See how it leans forward, assertive and confident? That little detail tells us so much about her personality. Berg's lines remind me of those by avant-garde artists like Sonia Delaunay who also saw text as a form of abstraction. It's all about mark-making, and in this letter, Berg turns everyday communication into something quite beautiful.