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- Else Meidner 1901–1987
- Recipient
- Dr J. P. Hodin
- Title
- Letter from Else Meidner to J.P. Hodin
- Date
- 24 November 1968
- 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 20062/7/128/2/18
Description
[Transcription/translation]
24 November 1968
My dear Dr Hodin,
Firstly, congratulations on the publication of your Kokoschka book!
Secondly, I have received an official invitation from the municipal authorities in Darmstadt. They have asked me to exhibit some forty drawings in the town hall there.
Thirdly, you said that if I were to exhibit in Darmstadt, you would write about it. Does this offer still stand?
Fourthly, looking after myself has become very difficult for me. I have certain demands and expectations that no nurse could meet. I am in constant pain and I can barely walk. That’s why I can no longer take pleasure in anything. If courage is lost, all is lost ! Hopefully you’re feeling better now, and
Fifthly, kindest regards from your grateful
Else Meidner
Archive context
- Papers of Josef Paul Hodin TGA 20062 (407)
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- Working papers relating to artistic, cultural and historic figures TGA 20062/7 (106)
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- Else Meidner TGA 20062/7/128 (29)
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- Numbered correspondence from Else Meidner to J.P. Hodin TGA 20062/7/128/2 (17)
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- Letter from Else Meidner to J.P. Hodin TGA 20062/7/128/2/18