‘‘Letter from Else Meidner to J.P. Hodin‘, Else Meidner, recipient: Dr J. P. Hodin, 9 June 1973‘, Else Meidner, recipient: Dr J. P. Hodin, 9 June 1973 – Tate Archive | Tate https://www.tate.org.uk/art/archive/items/tga-20062-7-128-2-31/letter-from-else-meidner-to-j-p-hodin
[Transcription/translation] 9 June 1973 For Dr Hodin, who is my Berlioz! Heine had been lying on what he called his ‘mortuary mattress’ for years, and no-one ever came to visit him. Then the arrival of Berlioz was announced. Heine called out to him as he came through the door: ‘Berlioz, you always were original! When Liebermann was painting Professor Sauerbruch he suddenly stopped and said to him: ‘You doctors have it good!’ Sauerbruch was taken aback. ‘How so?’ he asked. Liebermann answered: ‘Your mistakes end up six feet under, whereas we have to hang ours on the walls for all …
Kind regards, dear Berlioz, from your old lady painter