Oblong 8vo (postcard). 1 page. Inscribed to the German dermatologist Alwin Scharlau: "Der Zweck der Kunst ist nicht nur auffallen zu wollen! Die Kunst sollte wieder deutsch werden, dem Wesen u. Volksempfinden der b[r]eiten Schichten des deutschen Volkes entsprechen. Die Streber sind die verachtungswürdigsten u. schädlichsten Menschen, sie sind ein Hindernis für die Strebsamen, die doch wohl das Gute u. Wahre anstreben […]". - Starting with Rokoko interiors, Bachmann specialized in landscape and genre painting from the 1880s, his stays in the Swiss mountains, where he travelled to cure a lung ailment, inspiring many of his works. - Self-addressed by the collector on the reverse. The Mecklenburg physician Scharlau (b. 1888) assembled a collection of artists' autographs by personal application. Seller Inventory # 54787

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Title: Autograph quotation signed.

Publisher: Luzern, [postmark: 4 Oct. 1917].

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We have been dealing in valuable books, manuscripts, and autographs since 1883. As members of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), the Verband der Antiquare Österreichs (Austrian association of antiquarian booksellers), as well as the Verband deutscher Antiquare e.V. (German association of antiquarian booksellers), we are bound by these organizations' code of ethics. A large proportion of our customers is made up of institutions, including renowned international universities and major state libraries. We keep contact with our private customers at international book fairs and through our online catalogues. You are welcome to visit us on our business premises from Monday to Friday, 10 AM to 6 PM. We are happy to take buying orders for the important book auctions in Germany and Austria, which we attend regularly. We dedicate special attention to the estates and archives of important personalities of the arts and sciences in European and world history. Through specially prepared archive catalogues we have been able to sell the archives of Viktor Léon (librettist, 1859-1940), Leo Fall (operetta composer, 1873-1925), Lotte Lehmann (singer, 1888-1976), Otto Tressler (actor, 1871-1865) and Max Reinhardt (director, 1873-1743), as well as the last privately owned important original manuscripts by Ludwig Wittgenstein (philosopher, 1889-1951). Along the lines of this specialization our buying policy concentrates especially on these fields.

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Rathausstrasse 19/27, Wien, A, 1010, Austria

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