Meintest du essen?
Contains correspondence, photographs, notes and source material relating to Hodin’s writings on the German artist Hans Werner Geerdts (1925-2013).
106 Objects Marc Chagall 2 Objects Oskar Kokoschka 8 Objects Else
Full translation: ‚My Dear Friend, It made me very happy to receive your letter, I was worried that you were not getting my letters and it was making me sad. I’m now feeling reassured. I’m the same as you, apart from a few exceptions, I’ve not heard about anyone. But this morning I’ve received a letter from Jacques Bucher from Bauchan…[illegible] along with yours, he says that he hasn’t moved and everything at home is in order, which made me happy because of the horse. From Paris, no news, all I know is that my house has not been bombed …
News from anyone else. I’m sending you all my best wishes‘.
Tate glossary definition for assemblage: Art made by assembling disparate elements often scavenged by the artist, sometimes bought specially
© The estate of Mario Merz Take an object / Do something to it / Do something else
Shaw born 1961 Artwork The Grass is Always Greener Somewhere Else
Contains manuscripts, typescripts, notes, photographs, correspondence and source material for J.P. Hodin’s extensive writings on the artist Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980). Hodin and Kokoschka first met in the early 1930s. The two became close friends and Hodin wrote numerous books and articles and became the leading expert on the life and work of his artist friend.
Psychography of an Artist: A depth-psychological Study of Oskar Kokoschka’ 8 Objects Else
Full text (in translation): ‚Dear Friend, It’s already been two weeks since I left Paris, I haven’t done any work, I spent entire days resting and I can finally see the results. I’m still not in good shape and I can see time passing while I think of a lot of things without being able to appreciate what’s good here! The tranquility, the wilderness and all the steps in between, the absence of noises and the Metro etc. We are going to bed at 10 pm, it is marvelous! But the sea and nature don?t work with me, I could …
An exhibition by Degas at the Museum of the l’Orangerie, but nothing else.
This supported everything else we did.
New York, 4 December 1932 My dearest Annerl! Today I spent a lot of time thinking about how to make our Spanish trip a reality. The hope of taking such a long and unhurried journey through Spain with you is so enticing that I will do everything in my power to make it happen in the spring if at all possible. For the time being I’m working hard, writing more novellas for publication, then I want to start learning Spanish (the Berlitz way), and I’m going to buy myself various books about Spanish history and geography and art. Then, as …
He doesn’t know where else to turn; could I not lend him the rest of my money?
Short film about Man Ray’s sculpture The Lovers
Can we go somewhere else, now? Sure. Okay. But I was being Lee Miller.
These letters relate to Hodin’s work on Geerdts and include a quantity of photographs taken by Geerdts of some of his artwork, as well as a chronology of his life and career.
106 Objects Marc Chagall 2 Objects Oskar Kokoschka 8 Objects Else
