Briefkaart aan August Allebé Possibly 1911 - 1930

This is a postcard to August Allebé by jonkheer Jan Six, and though undated, the postmark says March 30, 1911. It's a simple note, but the handwriting, look at that script! It's like a drawing itself. I am immediately drawn to the looping ascenders and descenders, the way the ink bleeds ever so slightly into the paper. It feels almost performative, like Jan Six is putting on a show with his pen. The ink is a lovely shade of blue, almost like a memory, smudged and faded. The texture of the paper seems smooth, absorbent, a willing participant in this act of communication. Think of the pressure he exerted on the page, the rhythm of his hand as he wrote. The stamp in the top right corner is a tiny, intricate world unto itself. It reminds me a bit of Cy Twombly's scribbles, only here, the lines carry a message. Art is just an ongoing conversation, and this postcard is a tiny, beautiful fragment of that. It embraces the ambiguities of human communication, and it's all the more beautiful for it.