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- Erich Kahn 1904–1979
- Recipient
- Dr J. P. Hodin
- Title
- Undated fragment of postcard 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 20062/4/188/110
Description
[Translation/transcription]
the whole thing carries the risk of major financial sacrifice. I don’t have the paintings yet – they’re neither conceived nor born ¬– and N. is already asking who will cover the costs if, as is to be expected, they don’t sell. I’m told that I myself, as the prospective father of these stillborn [illegibles], am to bear the costs and produce the catalogue etc etc etc. How can I possibly know what might intervene between spring and summer, whether I shall be able to paint good paintings, without anxiety, without being hurried. A dubious prospect, as far as I’m concerned. The studio still isn’t finished. There’s too much hanging on me and my rheumatic arm. And now I (we), for the first time in our lives, are plagued with insomnia, for which I must compensate by sleeping through the morning. Time-consuming but necessary.
I need to make a decision in the next few days.
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 fragment of postcard from Erich Kahn to J.P. Hodin TGA 20062/4/188/110