Enzo Ferrari conducted all of his correspondence in violet ink. But why? Was it so that readers would know it was from him, and not a fake?
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- ABOUT MICHAEL CANNELL
- Author of THE LIMIT, published November 2011, and I.M. PEI: MANDARIN OF MODERNISM. Editor of the House & Home section of The New York Times for seven years. Contributor to The New Yorker, Sports Illustrated, The New York Times and many other publications.
I used to get postcards from him every year that said, "Buon Capo d'Anno" in that distinctive purple ink. He also inscribed the Ferrari yearbooks in the same ink. At first I thought my younger sisters had written in them with their Crayons!
ReplyDeleteI think it was, like many of his idiosyncracies, an affectation mean to aggrandize him. Don't forget that purple is traditionally a "royal" color. I am sure that was not coincidental.
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