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175 - Else Lasker-Schüler. Handwritten letter with signature and small drawing. [Zurich,] March 6, 1934. One page.

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€650 - 1,000

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32%

Else Lasker-Schüler. Handwritten letter with signature and small drawing. [Zurich,] March 6, 1934. One page. Call time: approx. 1:41 p.m. (schedule subject to change) “Most esteemed Dr.[.] I would so much like to speak with you. Should I come, or would you like to stop by? I would be grateful. Yours, Else Lasker-Schüler. Best regards!”—Instead of a letterhead, the poet notes her address at the time, the Hotel Augustinerhof, and her phone number with the note “always from 2 to 3 o’clock.” - Thin vellum, folded in half twice. - The recipient is likely Dr. Carl Seelig, the Swiss writer, art critic, and patron of the arts. After 1933, he supported numerous authors who had emigrated from Germany or were persecuted there. Else Lasker-Schüler wrote him several letters in which she asked for advice and help, and repeatedly used the above salutation or very similar ones (see ELS. Letters 1933–1936, e.g., Letter 379). - This letter has not yet been published. 27.5 : 21.5 cm. English description: [Zurich,] March 6, 1934. One page. “Most Esteemed Dr.[.] I would so much like to speak with you. Should I come by, or would you like to stop by? I would be grateful. Yours, Else Lasker-Schüler. Best regards!” (“Most Esteemed Dr.[.] I would so much like to speak with you. Should I come by, or would you like to stop by? I would be grateful. Yours, Else Lasker-Schüler. Best regards!”) — Instead of a letterhead, the poet notes her address at the time, the Hotel Augustinerhof, and her phone number, adding the note “always from 2 to 3 o’clock.”. - Thin vellum, folded in half twice. Likely addressed to Carl Seelig, the Swiss writer, art critic, and patron of the arts. After 1933, he supported numerous authors who had emigrated from Germany or were persecuted there by the Nazis. Else Lasker-Schüler wrote him several letters in which she asked for advice and help, and on multiple occasions used the above salutation or very similar ones (see ELS. Briefe 1933–1936, No. 379). - This letter has not yet been published.

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Auction details

Auction 34: Art & Books - Special Catalog: 20th-Century Artist's Books / Renker Collection, Part 2
Saturday, November 21
12:00 PM
86 A Osterbekstraße
22083 Hamburg, Germany

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Christian Hesse Auktionen +49 4 06 94 54 247 mail@hesse-auktionen.de
On Drouot for 4 years avec More than 1,000 lots published

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