Kees VAN DONGEN motto on art. Original drawing.
“Writing is like speech, something men have invented to disguise the truth.”
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“Writing is like speech, something men have invented to disguise the truth.”
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Kees VAN DONGEN (1877-1968)
Autograph manuscript signed and monogrammed.
A folio page (32 x 25 cm) illustrated with a reclining naked woman. Slnd.
Tiny foxing
“It is only art that does not lie. »
Superb document by the Dutch painter sketching a nude woman within a colorful handwritten text.
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You asked me to write "something" and left me a blank sheet of paper for that purpose. I can look at this blank paper, but it doesn't inspire me, and if you expect anything interesting from me, you will be disappointed.
If you had at least asked me questions, I could have answered you with lies, as is generally done. If it is for the purpose of a graphological study, it is still a failure because I do not believe in it and rather think that writing is like speech, something that men have invented to disguise the truth. You asked me to write " anything, " and you are served. Van Dongen.
For me, there is only art that does not lie. Post Scriptum. and then it’s all blah blah. VD