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BARBIZON PLAZA HOTEL
101 west 58th street
central park south
new york
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^[[ [[underlined]] Chadourne [[/underlined]] ]]

April 16, 1947

Mr. Germain Seligman
5 East 57th Street
New York, N.Y.

Dear Germain:

Although I had the chance of having a conversation with you yesterday on the following subject, in consideration of the fact that you have written to me on April 11th, sending me a copy of a letter addressed to you by Mr. Chadourne, dated Paris, April 5th, I must answer you by letter so that our files covering this question are in order for future reference.

As I told you yesterday, I do not have in my private files any official business letters either from de Hauke & Co. to Mr. Chadourne, or from Mr. Chadourne to de Hauke and Co., stating that he had an interest in the picture^[[*]] by de la Fresnaye which we purchased from him many years ago.

^[[* "14 Juillet"]]

However, I do recall clearly that at the time this purchase was made the price our company paid for the picture was a relatively low one in view of the fact that Mr. Chadourne was entitled to a share in the profits. Whether this was 50% or less, I do not have a clear recollection. Furthermore, I do have on file a personal handwritten letter from Mr. Chadourne, without date, in which, amongst personal questions, he asks me whether I could give him any information regarding a picture which is the hands of Jacques Seligman, and in which he is interested. It seems that this letter was addressed to me at a time when I was just about to leave Paris, and that I did not answer him by letter but most probably at the time I must have had an opportunity of talking to him directly, and I must have told him that the picture was not sold.

I hope that these lines will be considered by you as a clear-cut answer and will help you to reply to Mr. Chadourne's letter to you.

Please believe me to be,

Yours very sincerely,
[[signature]] C. M. de Hauke [[/signature]]

C. de Hauke

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cable address "barbplaza" . . . . . telephone CIrcle 7-7000
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