Fotoalbum met vakantiefoto's van het echtpaar Berti Hoppe en Herman Besselaar, genomen in Nederland en Parijs tussen 1931 en 1933 after 1931

This is a photo album made by Berti Hoppe sometime between 1931 and 1933, full of vacation pictures with her partner, Herman Besselaar. Look at the cover: there is a repeating pattern made of pale purple columns and mint green diamonds against a light canvas. I like to imagine how this cover came into being. Was it something she bought and kept or was it something she sewed herself? What would it have been like to make something like that? I can imagine Berti Hoppe carefully choosing each color, meticulously aligning the forms, and watching the soft diamonds come into being. Maybe she was a collagist. For me, this pattern speaks of the careful attention to detail and the love that went into creating and preserving these memories. How lovely, the intimacy, and care. Isn’t it amazing how artists, no matter the medium, are always in conversation with each other? Hoppe makes me want to get out my sewing machine!