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STABLE GALLERY 33 EAST 74TH STREET, NEW YORK, 21, N.Y. RE 7-0100 DECEMBER 14, 1965 AGREEMENT BETWEEN GALERIE ALFRED SCHMELA AND STABLE GALLERY 1. ALFRED SCHMELA WILL PRESENT A ONE MAN EXHIBITION IN THE GALERIE ALFRED SCHMELA IN DUSSELDORF OF THE TEN "NUMBER" PAINTINGS OF ROBERT INDIANA WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME OF THEIR RECEIPT. GALERIE ALFRED SCHEMALA WILL PAY THE COSTS OF CRATING, SHIPPING AND INSURANCE OF THESE PAINTINGS FROM THE ARTIST'S STUDIO IN NEW YORK TO DUSSELDORF AND FOR THE RETURN TO NEW YORK OF UNSOLD PAINTINGS BY THE SAME MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION AS THEY WERE DELIVERED. 2. ALFRED SCHMELA GUARANTEES THAT, IN ADDITION TO THE ONE MAN EXHIBITION AT THE GALERIE ALFRED SCHMELA, HE WILL ARRANGE MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS OF THE TEN "NUMBER" PAINTINGS OF ROBERT INDIANA, AND MAY ALSO ARRANGE ADDITIONAL GALLERY EXHIBITIONS OF THESE PAINTINGS IN EUROPE. [[LEFT MARGIN NOTE]] IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT THE FIVE [[STRIKETHROUGH]] OR LESS [[STRIKETHROUGH]] PAINTINGS NOT [[STRIKETHROUGH]] SOLD [[STRIKETHROUGH]] GUARANTEED BY ALFRED SCHMELA [[LEFT MARGIN NOTE]] 3. ALFRED SCHMELA AGREES TO PURCHASE TWO OF THE TEN "NUMBER" PAINTINGS OF ROBERT INDIANA AT THE PRICE OF $2,500.00, LESS 25% DISCOUNT, AND THAT PAYMENT IN FULL FOR THESE TWO PAINTINGS WILL BE RECEIVED BY SG [[STRIKETHROUGH]] AT THE TIME OF THE SIGNING OF THIS AGREEMENT [[STRIKETHROUGH]]IMMEDIATELY [[STRIKETHROUGH]]AFTER [[STRIKETHROUGH]] UPON HIS RETURN TO D ON JAN 7, 1966, AL S {ALFRED SCHMELA} ALSO GUARANTEES THE SALE OF 3 OTHER OF THE NUMBERS PTS. BY JUNE 1, 1966 AT 25% DIS. GALERIE A.S. WILL RECEIVE A 25% COMM. ON THE SALE PRICE OF THE 5 REMAINING PAINTINGS WHEN & IF THEY ARE SOLD DURING THE EVNG. IN E[[?]] AS WELL ON THE 3 OF [[illegible]]. 4. ALFRED SCHMELA MAY KEEP THE TEN "NUMBER" PAINTINGS OF ROBERT INDIANA UNTIL JUNE 1, 1967. UNSOLD PAINTINGS WILL BE RETURNED TO THE ARTIST, ROBERT INDIANA, BY JULY 1, 1967. 5. IT IS AGREED THAT THE ARTIST, ROBERT INDIANA, WILL PUT THE TEN "NUMBER" PAINTINGS INTO GOOD ORDER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND THAT THEY WILL LEAVE HIS STUDIO WHEN DRY AND SAFE FOR HANDLING. GALERIE ALFRED SCHMELA STABLE GALLERY [[left margin note]] AGREES TO PURCHASE AT LEAST 2 MORE AT $2,500.00 [[/left margin not
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