Scheibe, Richard, sculptor (1879-1964). Eigh. Letter m. U. "Richard Scheibe". 4 pp. to 2 Bl. Folio. Berlin 28.IV.1962. Extensive letter to the painter Heinrich Graf von Luckner, with news from the Berlin art business. "... In the Academy, the drafting of statutes is now deemed to be urgently necessary. Two designs are available, one by Buttlar and another by Kollmann ... I find it very difficult to find statutes in which the high intuition may nest. This year Tiburtius will host the great Berliners as jury-free ... 'Kuratorium': Schmidt-R., Sintenis, Ullmann ... To Kolbe's 85. The 'Dionysos' was officially unveiled in the Kolbehaus. The casting was partly paid by the generous lotto to Noack, the city paid a small post and the music band, the foundation donated and therefore this year had no money for the Kolbepreis ... The swan fight has occupied me with ideas that I keep from faraway days of children, because at the Zwickau Schwanenteich I deepened myself in the sight of a swan as a picture of blissful serenity and suddenly attacked my grandmother's pinner ... I have once again created a larger clay paste to confirm myself in my still existence and to justify my perseverance in the beautiful and coveted studio. But the eyes are very cloudy and the hands shaky ...". - The first sheet with small corner tear without touching the text.