Briefkaart aan Philip Zilcken Possibly 1905

Here we have Anton L. Koster's 'Briefkaart aan Philip Zilcken,' a humble postcard, crafted with ink and paper, speaking volumes from a time not so different from our own. Look at the handwriting, a delicate script fighting against the rigid lines. It’s like watching someone try to hold a conversation in a crowded room, the personal struggling against the impersonal. The stamps and postmarks, ghostly imprints, tell a story of transit, a journey from one hand to another. Each cancellation is a little burst of energy, marking the card’s passage through time and space. There’s a real tenderness in this piece. It reminds me of Cy Twombly's scribbles, not for their aesthetic similarity, but for their shared intimacy and sense of reaching out. It’s a reminder that art can be found in the everyday, in the simplest acts of communication, and that every mark, every gesture, carries its own weight and meaning.