| Contents | Milly [Bianca Emilie Rohland-Becker] has returned; Warburg has slept badly, did not enjoy the trip in the car; thanks Mary for all her help in finding the missing passage, he will draft a new version; [book by Richard] Foerster has arrived; he will try to understand Mary's view in the Münz affair; Saxl has also written about it, from Vienna, but it is a bit mysterious; he has also written to [Richard] Salomon, four weeks ago, but has not had a reply; when will Alice visit Warburg?; Warburg has read Münz's letter, very decent, but does not refer to the problem; Münz ought to know the research by [Julius] Lange, 'Geschichte eines Ausdrucks', [Ferdinand] Laban, 'Der Gemütsausdruck des Antinous'; what was his PhD topic?; Münz does not say anything about Panofsky and Saxl said that Panofsky wanted to 'rehabilitate' Münz; if his lecture might contribute to this process, then Warburg has no objection; the only reason for Warburg to move into another house in the sanatorium would be to be able to stay with Mary in the same apartment; Mary should send Krauth; continues on 27/01/1924: Milly Becker left in the morning; Warburg slept badly, he knew he had to wake up 'lazy' Nurse Lydia; Nurse took her to the railway station; Warburg had long chats with Milly about his research; no mail from Buttje [Max Adolph Warburg]; finds him ungrateful, does not feel 'anchored' with him, Warburg is again on 'the high seas of loneliness'; Milly Becker, although she is caring and understanding, cannot help him in his quest, to return to Hamburg; his family does not help, does not even send him a truss-maker; why has Mary never answered him, that he wants both his daughters to learn typewriting; 'every woman, who wants to become an independent, needs to do it!'; has Mary told Mrs. [Eva] von Eckardt, that Warburg wants the library lectures to be reviewed in 'Hamburger Fremdenblatt'?; encloses the card for Panofsky, so that Mary can ask him; she can omit the passage on [Ludwig] Münz; wants to know which topic Münz chose for his PhD; Bing will know it; Mary should tell Panofsky that [Cesare] Ripa's passage is far too late; on putti, the 'little helpers', inversion of the child of god, eaten by Saturn; cf. Mantegna's playing cards, 'riformatio of Saturn'; this main idea has not been dealt with sufficiently in the lecture; man has been expelled from paradise, the spade in Goethe's 'Faust', etc.; 'dreadful resignation instead of the music of the spheres'; rhythm of work; in the Saxl-Panofsky book he is missing the reformation of Saturn's role; wonders when Alice Warburg will come, Giselac [Gisela Warburg] has written a sweet letter; wonders if he looks too offputting?; his endless soliloquies are his problems; wants to know if and when Max Adolph will go to Italy; Warburg has written a short note of reassurance to Münz [not extant]; if Saxl is convinced that a publication of Münz's lecture as article in 'Vorträge' helps Münz, then Warburg has nothing against it; what is Panofsky, the 'oaf', doing?; he is just another 'pushy person'; requests bookplates, lilac, green, brown; encloses a card for Mrs. Saxl; forwards pencil lead 102, not 130; is Detta [Marietta Warburg] sleeping at home?; has the project Frankfurt been decided?; hopes that Mary has understood his request in the matter of his hernia trusses; greetings to Datzin [Marietta Warburg], Frede, 'Bücherstube' [library staff] |