| Ref No | WIA GC/26520 |
| Title | Hertz, Mary to Warburg, Aby 15/10/1890 |
| Writer | Hertz, Mary |
| Place1 | Hamburg |
| Recipient | Warburg, Aby |
| Place2 | [Berlin] |
| Date | 15/10/1890 |
| DateNote | FC, 'Mary Hertz' |
| Format | manuscript |
| Contents | thanks him for birthday greetings; discusses his wish for her, that the new year might bring her what she desires; reminds him of their conversation in the train station in Florence [in December 1888]; their friendship is not based alone on their interest in art history; she knows that he understands her, she remembers that she told him that she can talk with him about everything; art has brought them together, but they would learn to understand each other better if they could share daily life with each other; is sorry that they had very little time to talk in the summer as Warburg was busy with his studies; reminds him that not only he has difficult times, other people experience them as well; she is ashamed that she is not as hard working as Warburg; she ought to have progressed far more as artist; the many presents, which she has to make, are not an excuse for her lack of progress; for her as woman the main aim in life is to make other people happy; she is working on an oil portrait of Emily Jauch and enjoys it tremendously; 'it is strange how art, even imitative art, can make oneself immensely happy at times, at other times one is dejected and desperate'; John [Johann Nicolaus Hertz] and Max [Max L. Strack?] have left Hamburg the previous day; her father wants to go with Mary to The Hague and Amsterdam for a few days |
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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/825 | Jauch; Emily | |
| DS/UK/955 | Warburg; Mary, née Hertz (13/10/1866-04/12/1934) | 13/10/1866-04/12/1934 |