Christmas comes early this year. After I came back from a day in Rotterdam to Nijmegen, where my mother and sister live she handed me my inheritance. All of the art my mother owned was described in a long notarized list and my brothers and sisters decided that it was better to give me my part now, because shipping would be too complicated. I thought the timing was a bit awkward, the night before the funeral, but I had no say in this. So now I have a suitcase filled with a couple of drawings and a water colour, an old Arab book illustration, an African sculpture, a tiny mexican sculpture (probably fake,) the snuff box of my father, a ring that belonged to my mother’s father and a collier made of rock crystal beads destined for Alison.
I hope it will fit all in my suitcase, because I also bought a couple of bottles red grapefruit sirup and lots of dropjes, since I have to stock up.
Dec 14 2007
Loot
Christmas comes early this year. After I came back from a day in Rotterdam to Nijmegen, where my mother and sister live she handed me my inheritance. All of the art my mother owned was described in a long notarized list and my brothers and sisters decided that it was better to give me my part now, because shipping would be too complicated. I thought the timing was a bit awkward, the night before the funeral, but I had no say in this. So now I have a suitcase filled with a couple of drawings and a water colour, an old Arab book illustration, an African sculpture, a tiny mexican sculpture (probably fake,) the snuff box of my father, a ring that belonged to my mother’s father and a collier made of rock crystal beads destined for Alison.
I hope it will fit all in my suitcase, because I also bought a couple of bottles red grapefruit sirup and lots of dropjes, since I have to stock up.
By mare • art, english, family, netherlands, travel •