[R.M. Nijhoff] Collection of 28 letters to R.M. Nijhoff,

partly with original envelope, e.g. by Pierre Kemp (1946, with poem written in its entirety), Otto Dicke (2x, 1963), J. van Mourik (journalist/ folklorist, dated 1934, with affixed caricature), D.C. van Schaïk (6x, 1942-1952), writer Dr. K. Heeroma (1945, sonnet signed with his pseudonym Muus Jacobse), J. Hamel (3x, 1938, on paper of Galerie De ronde Brug), physicist H.A. Naber (3x, dated 1943), painter J. Ponsioen (3x, 1943-1951, incl. an invoice for a painting), H. van der Poll (1943); writer W.H. Nagel (undated, sonnet signed with his pseudonym J.B. Charles) and writer Willem Brandt (1957, the poem "Stroomversnelling").

This lot also contains 6 photos of paintings (incl. work by Georg Höhlig) with prices on the reverse. These paintings return on two invoices from 1922 of the Graphische Kunstanstalten for the sum total of 249,846 DM. and on two forms (also 1922) of the banking transaction for that amount by Nijhoff's bank De Hanzebank. The total amount has to do with the crisis in Germany; 84.45 guilders were taken off the account. R.M. Nijhoff was a great collector of art, books and manuscripts and a well-known figure in the artistic and intellectual circles of his time. He organised various exhibitions of his collection, for example in Deventer and Wijk bij Duurstede. See also lots 1386 and 1387. The letters in this lot by Otto Dicke (1918-1984) concern his Parisian sketches of which Nijhoff bought one unseen. The letter by Pierre Kemp (1886-1967) accompanies the signed poem "Philosophie" (published in the collection Standard Book of Classic Blacks, 1946), with on reverse "Voor de verzameling van R.M. Nijhoff". The letters by Henri Adriaen Naber (1867-1944) concern his publications and are accompanied by two documents on Cornelis Drebbel and his submarine. The letter by Herbert van der Poll (1877-1963) of Arti et Amicitiae concerns a painting Nijhoff won at a raffle in 1942 (the list of winning numbers has been added) and which will be shipped to him (total 28 letters with additions).