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- Erich Kahn 1904–1979
- Recipient
- Dr J. P. Hodin
- Title
- Undated letter from Erich Kahn to Pamela 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 20062/4/188/94
Description
[Translation/transcription]
Dearest Pamela, I suppose you are left behind in London (I had a postcard from Pepi this morning from Vicenza). So, I send the invitation to you. An exhibition and a war blew up simultaneously and for the exhibition I tried to paint four pictures of which two were painted over again entirely on Sunday, leaving a halfbaked mess - very much like two ill conceived cakes, prematurely baked and prematurely taken out of the oven; this is probably the best comparison between housewives. I shall have to go on Thursday although I dread the lot of vulgarians myself; I am sending you this invitation 'without obligation' as they say in shops. And I have the worst possible conscience about my own contribution. I had to paint, not only in much too short a time, but also under quite impossible and depressing conditions. In haste, ever yours 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 Pamela Hodin TGA 20062/4/188/94