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- Oskar Kokoschka 1886–1980
- Recipient
- Dr J. P. Hodin
- Title
- Postcard from Oskar Kokoschka to J.P. Hodin
- Date
- 27 March 1968
- Description
- [Translation/transcription]
Ephesos
27.3.68
Dearest Magister
We are since a short time visiting all the antique Greek glories and shall end at Istanbul in about ten days, Park-Hotel. What Marx and Engels had done to our civilisation, happened to the Greek-Roman ways of life thanks to Peter and Paul. The monotheist believed in God and the Devil, the ancients in savoir vivre. Human mind can be moulded in every form. How is the witch? Love to both of you, yours OK - 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 20062/4/199/3/36
Archive context
- Papers of Josef Paul Hodin TGA 20062 (407)
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- Correspondence by sender TGA 20062/4 (275)
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- Correspondence between Oskar Kokoschka and J.P. Hodin TGA 20062/4/199 (112)
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- Correspondence from Oskar Kokoschka to J.P. Hodin, 1960-9 TGA 20062/4/199/3 (43)
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- Postcard from Oskar Kokoschka to J.P. Hodin TGA 20062/4/199/3/36