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- Erich Kahn 1904–1979
- Recipient
- Dr J. P. Hodin
- Title
- Undated letter from Erich Kahn to J.P. Hodin
- Date
- Format
- Document - correspondence
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to Tate, 2006. Accrual presented by Annabel Hodin, 2020
- Reference
- TGA 20062/4/188/100
Description
[Translation/transcription]
1 Albert Studios
4 Albert Street
NW1
Sunday
Here are those six photos I mentioned in my letter, arrived just yesterday. The long painting was photographed at an early stage and doesn’t show much.
I paint with the worst conscience in the world. Letters to future mortal enemies await replies; reparation business awaits resolution; complicated calculations for a tax return are intermingled with glue, sketches, newspapers; a tooth, the cornerstone of my maxillary mechanism, is slowly but surely deteriorating; there are bills to be paid, which again calls for writing, and if I’m painting I can’t write, and [if] etc.
My friend Hamann has promised to take some colour photographs of my colour pictures for me at cost price.
I hope to see you soon – and we must start that portrait.
Oh, by the way, do you still have that photo of my self-portrait (Drian) and the photo of the other Orgler photos? I’d be grateful if you could send me the numbers so I can order new ones.
In haste,
Sincerely,
Erich
Archive context
- Papers of Josef Paul Hodin TGA 20062 (407)
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- Correspondence by sender TGA 20062/4 (275)
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- Letters and postcards from Erich Kahn to J.P. and Pamela Hodin TGA 20062/4/188 (111)
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- Undated letter from Erich Kahn to J.P. Hodin TGA 20062/4/188/100