| Ref No | WIA FC/1928/16/5 |
| Title | Warburg, Aby to Warburg, Max 13/01/1928 |
| Writer | Warburg, Aby |
| Recipient | Warburg, Max |
| Date | 13/01/1928 |
| DateNote | FC |
| Format | typescript |
| Contents | the result of his trip to Florence in the autumn of 1927 was that his view counts in the committee of the Knsthistorisches Institut; on the financial situation of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz; the director [Heinrich] Bodmer is 'clumsy', has neglected to purchase the most important items, books and photographs; Robert von Hirsch, in Frankfurt, offered money, Frieda Warburg in New York sent money, Warburg gave money and a copy of Marc Rosenberg's 'Merkzeichen der Goldschmiede'; is proud that he could help the Institute fulfil its function with relative small sums; tells him of a meeting between James Loeb and Friedrich Schmidt-Ott in which Loeb mentioned in glowing tones that it had been thanks to Schmidt-Ott's initiative that Breslau university offered Warburg a professorship [in 1906]; Warburg, who was grateful to Schmidt-Ott for the recognition and invitation then, is somewhat embarrassed that Loeb talked about in an 'exaggerated' fashion; he tells all this to Max to show him that James Loeb was in a bad way; however, Loeb has written to Warburg and mentioned that he realized that the conversation was inflated |
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| DS/UK/141 | Rosenberg; Marc (22/08/1852-1930); Prof. Dr. | 22/08/1852-1930 |
| DS/UK/156 | Loeb; James (06/08/1867-27/05/1933) | 06/08/1867-27/05/1933 |
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