Influential Norwegian painter and printmaker (1863-1944) known for his intense and evocative treatment of psychological themes. ALS in German, signed “E. Munch,” one page on a 5.75 x 3.5 postcard depicting Munch at an easel surrounded by his works, no date. Letter to the director of the Kunsthaus Zurich, Wilhelm Wartmann, whose portrait Munch painted in 1923. In part (roughly translated): "I have promised you the artwork in…You have requested the graphic…from Bern. I said yes—Flechtheim asked at the same time if he could give things to Kunsthaus. I said yes. He can very much hold on to it. It is perhaps right the Flechtheim personally me the plates sent back. You have to arrange all these things together. I can not possibly set new prices as I can have fixed prices…I will send you some of my latest sheets later on to the exhibition of paintings. But unfortunately no great collection. It would take me to morals and I have very little pressure. Now I have to ask you to send me the collection. If necessary by Flechtheim presently I have also a great collection painting loose in the UK. So what a terrible story with all the exhibitions. To get prices I must have the sheets…I can not miss the collection for a long time." In fine condition. Alfred Flechtheim was a German art dealer and collector.
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