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[[preprinted]] BARBIZON PLAZA HOTEL 101 west 58th street central park south new york [[/preprinted]] ^[[ [[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 [[preprinted]] cable address "barbplaza" . . . . . telephone CIrcle 7-7000 [[/preprinted]]