Oct 10, 2019 - Sale 2519

Sale 2519 - Lot 136

Price Realized: $ 625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
GRIEG, EDVARD. Autograph Letter Signed, to Danish cellist Robert Henriques, in Danish, describing the treatments he is receiving to improve his health, describing the view of Oslo, and discussing Danish names. 2 pages, 8vo, written on a folded sheet; large section (1 3/4x4 1/2 inches) removed from center of first leaf (with unknown loss to text), folds, remnants of hinging at upper and lower edges of terminal page. "Kristiania" [Oslo], 5 June 1893

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"I am using cold water treatment, needle baths and massage so as to not leave untried what might be able to help me. It is ravishingly beautiful here. The place is located about an hour's walk from Christiania . . . and has a wonderful view of the entire Christiania valley and fjord.
"Here, there are many Danes with fine names, such as Scavenius, Lerche, and others. If the no less fine a name Henriques were to come here, I dare say that Denmark would be brilliantly represented! . . ."
with--Two notes from his wife, Nina Grieg, each in Norwegian. The first, to the Hotel Westminster in Oslo, a postcard explaining that they will be arriving later than expected. The second, to "Dear Peters," a brief note giving the dates they will stay in Chania [Crete] and inquiring about the availability of rooms. Together 3 pages, oblong 12mo or smaller, second written on recto and verso of a small card. Bergen, 15 September 1903; Copenhagen, 18 April 1912.