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Erich Kahn, recipient: Dr J. P. Hodin

Postcard from Erich Kahn to J.P. Hodin

23 May 1966

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Created by
Erich Kahn 1904–1979
Recipient
Dr J. P. Hodin
Title
Postcard from Erich Kahn to J.P. Hodin
Date
23 May 1966
Description
[Translation/transcription]

1 Albert Studios
4 Albert Street
NW1

Monday

All hell has broken loose here: sickness, malaise, bad paintings, the cat was on death’s door and had to have an operation – otherwise well. Thank you for the invitation to the German Institute. I was meant to RSVP but churlishly failed to do so, as with so many things, letters to reply to and other horrors – like tooth-pulling (in the immediate future).

E
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 20062/4/188/45

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  • Papers of Josef Paul Hodin TGA 20062 (407)
    • Correspondence by sender TGA 20062/4 (275)
      • Letters and postcards from Erich Kahn to J.P. and Pamela Hodin TGA 20062/4/188 (111)
        • Postcard from Erich Kahn to J.P. Hodin TGA 20062/4/188/45
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