ID 870917
Lot 105 | SCHOENBERG, Arnold (1874-1951)
Estimate value
£ 1 200 – 1 800
Autograph album leaf signed ('A. Schönberg'), Berlin, 1 May 1928.
In German. 7 lines on one leaf, 165 x 209mm. Provenance: with David Schulson Autographs, 2000.
On the gradual acceptance of the impossible.
'In der ersten, wahrscheinlich größeren Hälfte meines Lebens sagte ich :
„das gibt’s nicht? – : das gibt’s nicht !“
Als ich jedoch ålter wurde :
„das gibt’s leider nicht.“
Aber ich fühle, ich werde bald sagen :
„das gibt’s Gottseidank nicht !“'
('In the first, probably longer, half of my life I used to say: "So that's impossible? – That's impossible!“ / As I grew older, I would say: "Unfortunately that's impossible." / But I feel that soon I will say: "Thank God that's impossible!"')
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| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
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| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
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