Annotaties c. 1915 - 1916

This page of annotations was made by George Hendrik Breitner. It's like a peek into the artist's brain. The soft grey pencil lines create a kind of intimate whisper across the page. It’s not about the definitive statement, but more about the meandering thought process. Look at the way the words and phrases are scattered. "Villa Protuendal", "Elisabeth Kemp", it feels like snippets of conversations, addresses, random thoughts jotted down. The texture of the paper itself becomes part of the artwork. You can almost feel the grain beneath the pencil. It’s about the physicality of writing, the way the graphite leaves its trace. It reminds me that art is often just a record of our attention, a map of our thoughts as they unfold. It is like Cy Twombly's sketchbooks, or even some of Basquiat’s notebooks. They are less about the finished product and more about the messy, beautiful process of thinking and seeing.