Briefkaart aan Philip Zilcken Possibly 1900 - 1916

This is a postcard to Philip Zilcken, and it's all about process, right? Look at how Pieter Anne Haaxman uses a restrained palette of greens and greys. These colours aren't just colours, they're like whispers of officialdom, the postal service, and maybe a bit of melancholy. What strikes me is the physicality of the marks. The handwriting, with its looping script, feels so personal, almost intimate. Then you have the stamps and seals. Each one tells a story of transit, of hands that touched this card before it reached its destination. The franking mark, a smeared circle around the stamp, is so imperfect, and it reminds you that art is about human touch. It makes me think of Cy Twombly, right? Like Twombly, this postcard elevates the everyday to something poetic. It's not just a piece of mail, it's a little piece of history, marked by the passage of time and the beauty of imperfection.