| Ref No | WIA FC/1898/8/51 |
| Title | Warburg, Aby and Warburg, Mary to Warburg, Moritz 23/10/1898 |
| Writer | Warburg, Aby; Warburg, Mary |
| Place1 | [Florence], 23 Lungo Mugnone |
| Recipient | Warburg, Moritz |
| Date | 23/10/1898 |
| DateNote | FC |
| Format | manuscript |
| Contents | it is the last Sunday in their old apartment; the last few days were turbulent, but Mary is very well and has many offers of help; invites his parents to visit them next April; Warburg will send photographs of the new apartment; Warburg has not much time for work, he has started reviewing a very good English book which the director [Sidney Colvin] of the [Department of Prints and Drawings in the] British Museum has sent him; Warburg's name is frequently mentioned in the book; [Gustaf F.] Steffen, his Swedish friend, visited them; Steffen is an economist and the only person who in the field of economics has arrived at similar general psychological theories as Warburg; hopes that the contact with Steffen will give Warburg the impetus for writing a book on a general psychology of art; Warburg likes Hamburg, but thinks that he has more possibilities for concentrated work in Florence; mentions Spemann publishers in Berlin, who agreed to everything Warburg suggested; Warburg is waiting for the second copy of 'Mutter Erde' in order to decide which [of his American] photographs to send to him; he has made one decision, not to publish the photographs of the dances in Oraibi with Spemann; Warburg is really keen in resuming work; sends greetings to Fritz; Mary thanks Moritz for birthday greetings as for all the letters she received from Kösterberg, Ferdinandstrasse in Hamburg, Kaiserstrasse in Frankfurt; she feels that everybody spoils her far too much; expresses her deep gratitude to Moritz |
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| DS/UK/258 | Steffen; Gustaf Frederick (1864-1929); Prof. Dr. | 1864-1929 |
| DS/UK/274 | Colvin; Sir; Sidney (18/06/1845-11/05/1927); D. litt. | 18/06/1845-11/05/1927 |
| DS/UK/702 | Warburg; Moritz (08/05/1838-29/01/1910) | 08/05/1838-29/01/1910 |
| DS/UK/955 | Warburg; Mary, née Hertz (13/10/1866-04/12/1934) | 13/10/1866-04/12/1934 |
| DS/UK/2245 | Warburg; Aby Moritz (13/06/1866-26/10/1929); Professor, Dr. | 13/06/1866-26/10/1929 |