Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1948-1949.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Vienna (Austria). Magistrat.

Contributor:

Metejka, Viktor, 1901-

Resch, Johann, 1890-1960.

Language:

German

Physical Description:

4 items (4 leaves)

Contained In:

Mahler-Werfel Papers. Folder 1273.

Place of Publication:

1948-1949.

Language Note:

In German.

Biography/History:

In the Viennese city government, Resch was responsible for finance and Metejka for culture and education.

Summary:

The item from Resch concerns Alma Mahler's petition for a reduction of the taxes on her house in Vienna (Steinfeldgasse 2, Hohewarte), related to the damages it had incurred from bombing during the war. Of the correspondence from Metejka, 1 item concerns a portrait of Alma by Kokoschka which had been lent out for exhibitions; and the other 2 items are responses to inquiries from Alma about the status of the legal proceedings deciding her postwar claims for restitution of property in Austria. For related correspondence on these various matters, see under: Hein, Otto.