Postal/view card from M. Barnet to H. W. Henze, January 1, 1988 at the earliest
[Manuscript]
The K-art Collection
A big kiss to you
and to Fausto. I ne-
ver forgot your‡. You
are always in my me-
mory. Best of all
wishes
from your brother
Greece is gorgeus‡
* I
need you very much.
Write.
Miguel Barnet
ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑ: O Ερμής του Πραξιτέλη
Olympia: Hermès de Praxitèle
Olympia: Hermes of Praxiteles
Olympia: Hermes von Praxiteles
Hans Werner Henze
La Leprara 0047
Marino – Roma
Photo by Nick Stournaras – Design by Maya
Patent pend. no 71213/287/435 © D W 1983
Editorial
Responsibilities
- Editor(s)
- Elena Minetti
- Transcription
- Elena Minetti; Joachim Veit
Tradition
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Text Source: Basel (Schweiz), Paul Sacher Stiftung (CH-Bps), Sammlung Hans Werner Henze, Abteilung: Korrespondenz
Shelf mark: Barnet, MiguelPhysical Description
- Document type: Postal/view card
- Dickes Papier
- 1 folio
- 1 written page
- Dimensions: 105x150 [mm] (HxW)
- Postcard structure.
Material
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Layout
Writing styles
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1.Handwriting, Barnet, Miguel, ballpoint pen (blue).
Text Constitution
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"r"crossed out
Commentary
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"… 1988, at the earliest"The date on the stamp suggests that this postcard was probably mailed in the year 1988, at the earliest.
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"gorgeus"recte "gorgeous".
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"… Greece is gorgeus"It has not been possible to ascertain when Barnet went on a trip to Greece.
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[Figure Description] Drawing of waterfalls in the middle of a forest.
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[Figure Description]On the left, round photo of the head of Hermes from the “Hermes of Praxiteles”: an ancient Greek sculpture of Hermes and the infant Dionysus discovered in 1877 in the ruins of the Temple of Hera, Olympia, in Greece. On the right, two gold-coloured, slightly raised Greek temple columns.
