‘‘Letter from Karl Hartl to Oskar Kokoschka, re-sent by Kokoschka to J.P. Hodin‘, Oskar Kokoschka, recipient: Dr J. P. Hodin, 7 August 1969‘, Oskar Kokoschka, recipient: Dr J. P. Hodin, 7 August 1969 – Tate Archive | Tate https://www.tate.org.uk/art/archive/items/tga-20062-4-199-3-43/letter-from-karl-hartl-to-oskar-kokoschka-re-sent-by-kokoschka-to-j-p-hodin
[Translation/transcription] Karl Hartl Extraordinary Emissary and Authorised Minister Foreign Office Ballhausplatz 2 1010 Vienna This is his full title Dear Master Pepi, Please reply to Hartl, who’s an old friend. All my love, yours OK The Ambassador of Austria Professor Oskar KOKOSCHKA Villeneuve Vaud Switzerland Vienna 7 August 1969 My dear O.K. – Do enquire with your wife, who doubtless has command of the Bohemian language: there’s a proverb in the language of that region which, approximately translated, says: ‚If my grandmother is without a care, she buys herself a sow.‘ Only it sounds far nicer in the Czech. I …
I kiss your wife’s hand and remain most sincerely yours, Hartl Read more Archive