BIB_ID
413641
Accession number
MA 9076.101
Creator
Hessel, Jos, 1859-1942, sender.
Display Date
Cannes, France, 1940 November 6.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Alexandre P. Rosenberg, 2013.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 27 x 20.9 cm
Notes
Written on stationery with "Via Air France" printed at the bottom.
Page 2 is written on a half sheet.
It appears that the authorization Hessel speaks of was torn off from the bottom of page 2 of this letter so that Rosenberg could use it.
Part of a large collection of letters from French artists primarily to the art dealer Paul Rosenberg. Items in the collection are cataloged individually as MA 9076.1-227.
See also MA 3500, a related collection that also comprises letters from French artists and writers to Paul Rosenberg, which was acquired by the Morgan as the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alexandre P. Rosenberg in 1980.
Page 2 is written on a half sheet.
It appears that the authorization Hessel speaks of was torn off from the bottom of page 2 of this letter so that Rosenberg could use it.
Part of a large collection of letters from French artists primarily to the art dealer Paul Rosenberg. Items in the collection are cataloged individually as MA 9076.1-227.
See also MA 3500, a related collection that also comprises letters from French artists and writers to Paul Rosenberg, which was acquired by the Morgan as the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alexandre P. Rosenberg in 1980.
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. Alexandre P. Rosenberg, 2013.
Summary
Hessel is glad to hear from Rosenberg but concerned about Rosenberg's health. Hessel's home at Le Chateau des Clayes has been pillaged by the Nazis, who removed all his works of art. He had to leave in a hurry. He announces the death of (the painter) Vuillard. Hessel has had to move from place to place, as the Nazis keep requisitioning buildings, and is now in Cannes. His daughter Lulu married Jacques Arpels (from Van Cleef & Arpels) on Oct. 31st. Georges Bernheim's wife has died, and his son is a prisoner in Germany. He is in Cannes as well, as well as Gaston Bernheim and Marcel Kapferer. Paul Ebstein is in the country. Hessel is upset that everything he has spent 60 years collecting has been taken away and scattered. Tristan Bernard is in Cannes as well.
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