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Sigmund Freud

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Sigmund Freud

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Auction Date:2010 Oct 13 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
ALS, one page, 6.25 x 7.75, May 20, 1927. Letter, in German, to Doctor Paul Federn. In full (translated): “I am asking you to answer this letter of my client properly in your capacity as my representative.” In fine condition, with a central horizontal mailing fold through top portion of signature, tiny staple holes to top right, and some scattered toning and light soiling. When Freud fell ill with cancer of the jaw in 1923, he appointed Federn—an Austrian American psychologist whose relationship with Freud spanned 35 years—as personal deputy in all his professional affairs. Thus, it was in that “capacity as my representative” that he issued this directive. Interestingly, Freud was among the many Europeans of the era who could not readily adjust to use of the telephone, and relied on letters such as this to correspond with Federn. A pioneer in the field of mental health and the application of psychoanalysis to social problems, Federn strove to transform psychoanalysis into an instrument for social and political change. Brief but interesting content from Freud’s personal life.