| Ref No | WIA FC/1894/3/5 |
| Title | Warburg, Aby to Hertz, Mary 01/03/1894 |
| Writer | Warburg, Aby |
| Place1 | [Florence], Via del Preso 11, Pensione Laurent |
| Recipient | Hertz, Mary |
| Date | 01/03/1894 |
| DateNote | FC, 'Mary Hertz' |
| Format | manuscript |
| Contents | complains that no answer is also an answer; is sure that his letter will not have made her happy; but he only writes to her if he has a problem; [writes again in 'Du' form]; he has found material which is interesting for his research; he has met the man who might become the first Director of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz; he is an intelligent, but not a very likeable man; he is working on a history of festivals and has found unpublished manuscript material of the 16th century; [continues the next day] acknowledges receipt of her letter with thanks; [has switched back to 'Sie' form]; she knows more about him than she thinks she knows; he saw the goal, the inspiration in Florence, when Mary was in Florence five years ago; everything afterwards is hard work; he will report on the progress of his work; he plans to travel to Rome in the following week; has made contact with Max L. [Strack]; at least Strack and Warburg will be a frequent visitors in her house, when John [Johann Nicolaus Hertz] will have left; their innermost thoughts are the same, only the outward behaviour has changed; despite everything she has to believe in a future for both of them; asks whether there are any reviews of the 'Dilettantenausstellung' [to which Mary has sent paintings and vases] |
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| DS/UK/50 | Strack; Max Leberecht (09/09/1867-10/11/1914); Prof. Dr. phil. | 09/09/1867-10/11/1914 |
| DS/UK/289 | Hertz; Johann Nicolaus (1869-1908) | 1869-1908 |
| DS/UK/955 | Warburg; Mary, née Hertz (13/10/1866-04/12/1934) | 13/10/1866-04/12/1934 |
| DS/UK/1067 | Liebermann; Max (20/07/1847-08/02/1935) | 20/07/1847-08/02/1935 |
| DS/UK/2245 | Warburg; Aby Moritz (13/06/1866-26/10/1929); Professor, Dr. | 13/06/1866-26/10/1929 |