ETHNOLOGY - [Leo FROBENIUS] - Maria WEYERSBERG (1886-1987, p - Lot 232

ETHNOLOGY - [Leo FROBENIUS] - Maria WEYERSBERG (1886-1987, painter and ethnologist, collaborator of the ethnologist and explorer Leo FROBENIUS(1873-1938)/Important correspondence in German addressed to Emma CABIRE, translator and editor of "Cahier du Sud" in Paris, about her collaboration (articles and translations) with Leo Frobenius and, after the latter's death, with his Institute: 3 autograph postcards signed (1954-56 from Frankfurt); 1 typed postcard signed (1942 from Frankfurt); 13 autograph letters signed totalling 39 p in-4 (1954-57 from Frankfurt); 14 autograph letters signed totalling 19 p in-4 on the letterhead of the "Forschunginstitut für Kulturmorphologie de Frankfort" (1933 to 1955) / Enclosed: 1 typed letter signed byDr. Rhotert (2 p in-4, same letterhead, from 1933) - N.B. Emma Cabire was enthusiastic about the exhibitions of cave paintings from the Frobenius Collection at the Galerie Pleyel in Paris in 1930, then at the Musée d'Ehtnographie du Trocadero in 1933, which featured prehistoric works from one of Frobenius's explorations. She wrote articles for Cahier du Sud and even devoted a special issue to him in 1936, Emma Cabire contributing to Frobenius's fame in France] / Joint : "Der Kopf als Schicksal", by Leo Frobenius, Kurt Wolff Verlag, Munich, 1924, bound in full orange cloth, numerous photos and illustrations out of text.