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December 10, 1974

Dear Mr. Aubry,

To my regret, my new secretary not speaking French, I will have to send you these few lines in English.

Your very kind letter of October 19th has just reached me, the long delay caused, of course, by the mail strike in France.  You were then mentioning the arrival at customs of the J.F. Millet painting which we have learned in the meantime has not only been received by you, but your check in full payment of it has also reached us.

As the manager of my firm wrote you a few days ago, there is still outstanding the small bill for expenses.

I realize well how disappointed you must have been at not acquiring the painting by Tiepolo that attracted you so much.  But, I assume that with the general economic conditions the client you had in mind did not carry out his earlier intentions.

May I take advantage of this letter to remind you of your kind promise to forward a copy of the magazine in which appeared the article you had mentioned written by Pierre Rosenberg about the Wildenstein steps.  The strike has considerably curtailed the arrival of news from Paris and the incident referred to in this piece has so far remained unknown to me.

Before closing, let me say anew that it was a pleasure indeed to have had your visit, and repeat my appreciation of your very kind lines.

With all good wishes, and best regards,

Sincerely yours,

Germain Seligman

Mr. Claude Aubry,
2, rue des Beaux-Arts
Paris, VIe
FRANCE

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