"mein Meniscus ist angerissen (das mir - dem unsportlichsten Menschen des Universums)"
A collection of 27 autograph letters, cards, programmes and photographs signed.
A total of 23¼ pp. on 27 ff. Mostly 4to and 8vo. With 21 envelopes (16 autograph and 5 typed) and a very substantial quantity of addenda.
€ 9,500.00
An extensive collection of letters, cards, portraits and ephemera by and relating to one of the most talented and beloved stage and screen actors of his generation, assembled over many decades.
"Dass Ihr liebenswürdiger Brief […] so lange unbeantwortet blieb, hat verschiedene Gründe - 1) lag er zu unterst von einem Stapel - 2) brauchen Briefe, die einen berühren[,] immer länger zur Beantwortung - als die alltäglichen. Man ist immer versucht, ja man fühlt sich verpflichtet - die besondere Anrede mit einer besonderen Antwort zu quittieren und schiebt dann meistens auf. Mein Dank kommt spät, aber nicht weniger herzlich […]", Oskar Werner writes disarmingly in a letter dated Triesen, 10 Sept. 1973. The trove further includes a brief but cordial correspondence with Ottilie "Otti" Muck, an admirer whom Oskar Werner thanks for letters and congratulations from the mid-1960s to the year before his death, advising her of television broadcasts and reporting on health matters: "Zum 'Mozart' Film darf ich Ihnen sagen, er wird am 8. Mai in FS 2 um 20h ausgestrahlt - so schrieb mir Generalintendant Bacher. Ich habe das angeregt, weil der Regisseur des Films Karl Hartl (der uns erst kürzlich verlassen hat) seinen 80. Geburtstag hätte [...]" (14 April 1979); "Als [Euer Brief] ankam, bin ich auf 2 Stöcken gehumpelt - jetzt nur mehr auf einem - mein Meniscus ist angerissen (das mir - dem unsportlichsten Menschen des Universums) [...]" (19 Sept. 1982).
The collection stands out not only for Werner's autographs, but also for the staggering number of ephemera, dating from 1956 until far beyond Werner's passing. They include 23 autograph letters and cards by the actress Antje Weisgerber, Werner's romantic partner from 1970 until 1979, 12 mostly autograph letters and cards by Werner's biographer Robert Dachs, 39 programmes for 15 of his films (and 11 for films in which he did not perform), 7 large-size lobby posters for 6 films ("Interlude" in two versions), 56 lobby photos of 7 Werner films, 14 lobby and press photos for other films, as well as 3 photos relating to the award of Vienna's Golden Decoration of Honour to Peter Weck in 1985, 58 press and other photos of readings, stage performances, films, etc., 43 photo postcards in costume for "Becket or The Honour of God", "Don Carlos", "Hamlet", "Henry IV", "Henry V", and "Tasso", and numerous shots of Werner's grave in Triesen, plus an uncounted number of publicity clippings from programmes, newspapers, and magazines (some in photocopy) spanning nearly four decades.
From an Austrian private collection.
Further includes 11 LP records (of which 1 in the English and the German issue), 7 CDs (1 of which in duplicate), and 5 folders containing 307 ff., some numbered, on which newspaper clippings, portrait postcards (some signed), stills and lobby photos, film programmes, correspondence among third parties, admission tickets, and lists of stage performances, radio broadcasts, etc., have been mounted on both sides. Rounded off by a large-sized publicity folder containing more than 1000 clippings from newspapers and magazines.
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