Brief aan Philip Zilcken Possibly 1900 - 1916

Henrietta Buhot wrote this letter to Philip Zilcken in Paris, on July 16th 1910. You can really see the hand in this work, right? I mean, it's a letter! The way she forms each letter is a reminder that artmaking is, at its core, a process. The ink sits so delicately on the paper. The loops and curves of the script dance across the page with an energy all their own. It's as if the words are alive, each stroke imbued with Buhot’s personality. Look at how she crosses her 't's – each one is slightly different, a testament to the spontaneity of the moment. It reminds me of Cy Twombly, actually, with that same sense of immediacy. This piece shows that art is an ongoing conversation and exchange of ideas across time, embracing ambiguity, rather than fixed meanings.