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September 23, 1957

Dear Mario,

The Museum of Fine Arts of Houston, Texas, is organizing an exhibition of the "Guardi Family in America" from January 14 - February 16.

Lee Malone having asked me whether I owned or knew of Guardi paintings and drawings, I answered him that I knew of a private collector who had a drawing by Francesco Guardi of "Tobias and the Angel" without giving him any further information.

He requested me in a note received this morning to inquire from the owner of the drawing whether he would be willing to lend it.

Would you be good enough to let me know if you would agree to this and may I reveal your name?

They would as usual take care of all the expenses of shipping and insurance and they would like to have the material for cataloguing purposes by the end of October.

I hope I shall soon have the pleasure of seeing you again and with best regards,

Sincerely yours,

Germain Seligman

Mr. Mario Modestini
S. H. Kress Foundation
221 West 57th Street
New York, New York

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