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December 3rd, 1956

Dear Mr. Kress:

Following your visit and in compliance with your request, I take pleasure in sending you herein my firm's invoice covering the SAMUEL H. KRESS FOUNDATION'S purchase of

Marble Statue
[[underlined]] "VIRGIN AND CHILD" [[\underlined]]
French 14th Century

in the amount of $35,000 (Thirty Five Thousand Dollars)

May I say that it gives me profound satisfaction that this exceptional work of art should be added to your superb collection of sculpture.

Yours very sincerely,

Germain Seligman

Mr. Rush H. Kress,
The Samuel H. Kress Foundation,
221 West 57th Street,
New York, New York

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