Letter

Astrup, Nikolai to Lund, Henrik
1908-1913

Transcription:

Ole Petter Løvstad

Translation:

Francesca Nichols

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Transcription
Translation

Letter

Astrup, Nikolai to Lund, Henrik
1908-1913
Brevs.864-125309, Nasjonalbiblioteket

3 Pages

Transcription: Ole Petter Løvstad

Translation: Francesca Nichols

Transcription

Kjære Henrik Lúnd!

Tusend tak for dit brev og for

at dú vil sælge billeder for

mig – jeg har gaaet i haarde

studeringer om dagene, om hvad 

jeg skal gjöre; – min kone vil

absolút at jeg skal sende pen-

gene tilbage; – thi hún er ræd

denne forbandede gjæld, som

stadig har plaget os de sidste aar.

Og det blir jo en gjæld jeg paatager

mig med disse penge, thi jeg tör ikke

uden videre sende disse mennesker

billeder, som de kanske stadig vil

ærgre sig over senere; – jeg har nú

derfor tænkt – at gjöre det paa fölgen-

de maade: – De af dem, som önsker

billede straks, faar faa sine penge igjen

og de af dem, som vil vente, til 

jeg næste gang holder separatudstilling, 

faar jeg garantere, at D de skal 

blive únderrettet inden údstilling aab-

nes, saa de kan vælge i tide. 

Jeg har været nödt at vælge denne

udvei, fordi jeg desværre allerede

har maattet brúge noget af pengene,

og fordi jeg haaber at ikke alle vil

have sine penge igjen nú straks. 

En anden grúnd til, at jeg maa

ordne det paa denne maade er, at 

alt, hvad jeg kan kalde mit – endog 

mine billeder er pantsat – jeg solgte

2 billeder til Meyer i höst og maatte da

söge tilladelse hos mine creditorer, og 

maatte da love at afbetale paa min

gjæld omtrent alt, hvad jeg kúnde faa 

for billederne – det er derfor vanske-

ligt for mig at sende nogen ting nú, –

hvad jeg ogsaa kvier mig for af hensyn

til kjöberne, der let kunde blive

misfornöiede. Jeg tænker dog paa 

at tage en túr til Kristiania engang 

i vinter, og kunde da kanske "lúre"

med mig noget, som jeg kunde vise

dig först og höre om dú troede, jeg

kunde byde det til vedkommende.

Imidlertid sender jeg kviteringerne.

Saa maa jeg atter sige dig tak for

din velvilje. Hils din kone og vær

dù selv hjærteligst hilset fra

din hengivne ven

Nikolai Astrup

P.S.

Skriv din adresse op.

D.S.

Translation

Dear Henrik Lúnd!

Many thanks for your letter and for

being willing to sell pictures for

me – I have been giving a lot of thought

in the past few days, to what

I should do; – my wife is convinced

that I should send the mon-

ey in return; – for she is terrified

of these infernal debts, which

have plagued us incessantly in recent years.

And it is after all a debt that I am taking

on with this money, for I do not dare

to just send these people 

pictures, which they might perhaps

regret later on; – I have 

therefore thought – of doing it in the follow- 

ing way: – The persons, who wish

to have the pictures immediately, can have their money back

and the persons, who wish to wait until

the next time I arrange a solo exhibition,

I shall guarantee, that T they will

be informed before the exhibition o-

pens, so that they can select [a work] in time. 

I have been forced to resort to this

solution, because I regrettably have

already used some of the money, 

and because I hope that not everyone will

want to have their money in return right away. 

Another reason why I must

arrange things in this manner is that absolutely

everything that I can call my own – even

my pictures [–] have been pawned – I sold

2 pictures to Meyer this fall and in that case

I had to seek permission from my creditors, and 

had to promise to pay off some of my debt with

more or less everything that I could get

for the pictures – that is why it is dif-

ficult for me to send anything now, –

which I am also reluctant to do for the sake of

the buyers, who might easily become

dissatisfied. I am thinking nevertheless about

taking a trip to Kristiania [Oslo] some

time this winter, and might perhaps "sneak" 

something with me, which I could show

you first and hear if you think I

might offer it to the party concerned.

In the meantime I send you the receipts.

And now I must thank you once again for

your benevolence. Greetings to your wife and my 

very warmest regards to you from

your devoted friend

Nikolai Astrup

P.S.

Write up your address.

D.S.