Kees VAN DONGEN's motto on art. Original drawing.
"Writing, like speech, is something that men invented to disguise the truth."
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"Writing, like speech, is something that men 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 nude woman. No place or date.
Tiny red spots
"Only art does not lie."
Superb document by the Dutch painter sketching a nude woman within a boisterous handwritten text.
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You asked me to write "something" and gave me a blank sheet of paper for that purpose. I've looked at this blank paper, but it doesn't inspire me, and if you're expecting something interesting from me, you'll be disappointed.
If you had at least asked me questions, I could have answered you with lies, as is usually the case. If this is for the purpose of a graphological study, it's another failure because I don't believe in it and rather think that handwriting, like speech, is something humans invented to disguise the truth. You asked me to write " anything ," and here it is. Van Dongen.
For me, only art doesn't lie. Postscript. And besides, it's all just talk. VD