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- Else Meidner 1901–1987
- Recipient
- Dr J. P. Hodin
- Title
- Letter from Else Meidner to J.P. Hodin
- Date
- 10 January 1970
- 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 20062/7/128/2/26
Description
[Transcription/translation]
10 January 1970
Dear Dr Hodin,
Since I think I owe you an explanation regarding those drawings that haven’t been sent to your American friend in the USA, I shall do it here. The reason is that I’ve had some awful experiences selling work to foreign buyers, and I wanted to avoid any further stress. When one agrees to buy something one generally has pay for it first, before one receives the goods. For some reason this doesn’t apply to works of art!!! One then has to write letters begging for payment or the return of the work. It can really only be done in person because the buyer may not like the drawings. Some profession this is! The only person who makes any money is the art dealer, and he doesn’t mind if a work doesn’t sell, because he didn’t make it.
Yours sincerely,
Else Meidner
Archive context
- Papers of Josef Paul Hodin TGA 20062 (407)
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- Working papers relating to artistic, cultural and historic figures TGA 20062/7 (106)
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- Else Meidner TGA 20062/7/128 (29)
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- Numbered correspondence from Else Meidner to J.P. Hodin TGA 20062/7/128/2 (17)
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- Letter from Else Meidner to J.P. Hodin TGA 20062/7/128/2/26