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FREUD, SIGMUND. 1856-1939.
Autograph Note Signed ("Freud"),

4 December 2019, 13:00 EST
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FREUD, SIGMUND. 1856-1939.

Autograph Note Signed ("Freud"), to Pierre Gildesgame, in response to a letter welcoming him to England, 1 p, approximately 84 x 125 mm, London, June 9, 1938, on a pre-printed notecard originally bearing his Vienna address, slightly faded, ink stains to edges at upper right. Matted and framed, with typed note from Gildesgame taped to reverse.

Shortly after Freud's arrival in England, Pierre Gildesgame, the Chairman of Maccabi Association London, wrote a letter welcoming the famous doctor to England. Freud responds here in German and English: "Dank für Ihre freundliche Begrüßung ... I am glad to be in England." The card is printed with his Vienna address, at Berggasse 19, but he has lined it out and replaced it with his first temporary address in London, 39 Elsworthy Road, in Hampstead. The date of the note is just three days after Freud's arrival in London, having left Vienna by the Orient express on June 4th, stayed one night in Paris at the home of Princess Marie Bonaparte, who helped to fund his relocation, and then continued on to London overnight. Freud was already suffering from cancer of the jaw at the time, and stayed in London until his death in September, 1939.

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