Beschreibung:

Liebermann, Max COLLECTION OF TWELVE AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED ("MAX LIEBERMANN"), THE MAJORITY TO HANS GRISEBACH TOGETHER WITH A SKETCH-DRAWING BY LIEBERMANN OF THE ARTIST PAUL MEYERHEIM the letters expressing his thanks for his description of the Association of XI, observing humorously that its one mistake is that it is too good, telling him that he requires some examples of Gothic or early Renaissance type for an alphabet he is drawing at the moment, asking whether might have a look through his treasures, reflecting on art and poetry, mentioning a picture he has sold for him, discussing business of the Prussian Academy of Arts, advising him how to vote, canvassing support apparently for his election to the Academy, requesting his presence and inviting him to a meeting, referring to his studio, asking that Cassirer be allowed to view his house, and enclosing tickets [not included here] for a performance by Yvette Guilbert; the sketch-drawing of Paul Meyerheim showing the artist in profile, executed in pencil and contained on the recto of a leaf of printed regulations for the Grosse Berliner Kunstausstellungen, the leaf annotated at the foot of the recto by August Grisebach ("Handzeichnung von Max Liebermann ..Paul Meyerheim...8. Dec. 98. von meinem Vater von der Sitzung mitgebracht. August Grisebach"), Berlin, [8 December 1898?] ...ich beeile mich, Ihnen meinen besten Dank für Ihre Beschreibung der XI im Magazin auszudrucken. Dieselbe hat nur einen Fehler daß sie zu gut ist... the letters 13 pages, 8vo and oblong 8vo, one on the reverse of a printed telegram, one on a printed visiting card, with an envelope postmarked Berlin-Wannsee, 31 July 1927, and an invitation in an unidentified hand on a card illustrated with an image of the Liebermann-Villa, Grosse Seestrasse 24, Berlin, 1892-1911, where indicated, creasing to leaf containing the sketch-drawing; together with a printed card acknowledging condolences on the death of Liebermann in February 1935