You are bidding on one handwritten, signed letter ofAustrian-German-American architect, city planner and set designer Hermann Herrey (1904-1968), which also goes by the name "Hermann Zweigenthal" worked.



From the estate of a Berlin autograph collector who personally received autographs from singers and actors from the 1930s to the 1970s or had the artists send them to him by post (some of the envelopes are still there).


He is known for the Kant Garage in Berlin (1929/30).

DatedNew York, April 10th 1961.

Written in capital letters (single capital letters), only the signature in normal cursive.

He also discusses his handwriting in the letter: "I don't know if you can relate to my handwriting, which as you can see is a bit unusual. But you should like her. When I don't write with a typewriter, which by the way is done with the same types, I have been doing it that way for almost 40 years, and only my signature is different because authorities, banks and the like object to this type of writing being used on them . And why shouldn't you please them like that? do– in such small things. With best regards, Hermann Herrey."

Format: 16x21.5cm.

Written on beautiful handmade paper (with English watermark).

Without envelope.

Encased in a protective sheet; with handwritten attribution "Hermann Herrey stage director."

Condition: Letter folded several times. Excellent condition! bplease note the pictures too!

Internal note: Opera 21-04

About Hermann Herrey (source: wikipedia):

Hermann Zweigenthal, also Hermann Herrey (* 4. April 1904 in Vienna; † 7. October 1968 in New York) was an Austrian-German-American architect, urban planner and set designer.

Life: Hermann Zweigenthal studied architecture at the Technical University of Berlin from 1922 to 1927 and took the main diploma examination with Hans Poelzig.

He was later commissioned by the republican German Auto Club (DAC) to carry out a study on a comprehensive parking system for Berlin.

In this context, he was largely responsible for the architectural design of the Kant Garage Palace, which was built in Berlin-Charlottenburg between 1929 and 1930 in collaboration with his fellow student Richard Paulick and the architectural firm Lohmüller, Korschelt & Renker. The builder and owner of the high-rise garage was the businessman and engineer Louis Serlin. In addition to the objectively modern facade design, the special way of gaining height using a double-threaded spiral ramp should be noted. This unique architectural monument has been preserved in almost authentic condition and is considered Zweigenthal's main architectural work. In parallel to his architectural work, he worked as a set designer at Berlin theaters and opera houses from 1923 to 1932.

In 1933 he emigrated via Switzerland, first to London and then to the USA. In 1940 he became a US citizen and adopted his stage name Herrey as his last name. He continued his work in the USA and particularly attracted attention as an urban planner. In the mid-1950s he turned back to the theater and received the German Critics' Prize for the 1958/59 season for his directing work.

Parts of his estate are in Cornell University NY and in the Architecture Museum of the Technical University of Berlin.

buildings

1929–1930: Kant Garages in Berlin-Charlottenburg (with Louis Serlin and Lohmüller, Korschelt & Renker and Richard Paulick)

1931–1932: Competition design The Growing House

1931: Reconstruction of a shop for the Jacoby 1872 shoe store in Frankfurt am Main

1927: Design for a theater on Lehniner Platz in Berlin

before 1933: Apartment Lothar Müthel[2]

1935: Interior of Heinrich Schnitzler's house in Vienna (pictures)

1944: Redevelopment plan for Manhattan (New York)

1947: Q Theater in London

1950–1951: House for Alma Morgenthau in Locust Valley (Long Island)

1950–1951: House for Robert Mautner in Massapequa (Long Island)

1957–1958: Design in the ideas competition for the capital Berlin

1960: Competition design for the Schauspielhaus in Düsseldorf

1960: Competition design for the city theater in Trier

1964: The Peabody apartment building in Brookline (Massachusetts)

1965: Williams Center apartment building in Brookline (Massachusetts)

He also discusses his handwriting in the letter: "I don't know if you can relate to my handwriting, which as you can see is a bit unusual. But you should like her. When I don't write with a typewriter, which by the way is done with the same types, I have been doing it that way for almost 40 years, and only my signature is different because authorities, banks and the like object to this type of writing being used on them . And why shouldn't you please them like that? do– in such small things. With best regards, Hermann Herrey." In this context, he was largely responsible for the architectural design of the Kant Garage Palace, which was built in Berlin-Charlottenburg between 1929 and 1930 in collaboration with his fellow student Richard Paulick and the architectural firm Lohmüller, Korschelt