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July 29th., 1937.

Dear Carl:

I thank you for your short lines of July 26th., and am enclosing herein a new letter I am writing to the Neupert Gallery as regards the so-called Antonello.

I have unfortunately, had to change my plans and won't be able to go to Milan as I had intended.  As long as you will be there on the 16th, there is no harm in my not going.

A few minutes ago I saw Roland and am going to look at, again, with him tomorrow morning, the Fouquet portrait.  If I am as pleased with it as I was on my two previous visits, I shall request Roland to ask you to reconsider your point of view, based on the following grounds - a) that there are only four or five recognized and acknowledged paintings by Fouquet in the world, b) that the only one which is really in its pristine condition is the Virgin and Child (Agnes Sorel) of the Antwerp Museum - the one in the Berlin Museum, for instance, being known to have been very much restored,  c) that the drawing by Fouquet, which in my humble opinion is very weak, was sold for £12,000 at the Oppenheim auction, and  d) that the painting is a very striking one and quite important in size, as such paintings go, of course.

With all good wishes to your dear wife and to you, I am,

With kind regards,

Yours sincerely,

(Germain Seligmann)

Charles R. Henschel, Esq.,
Kulm Hotel
St. Mortiz.