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33 East End Avenue
New York, N. Y.
December 4, 1944

Dear Mr. Seligman:

The enclosed night letter speaks for itself, and, in connection with it, I deem it advisable to write this letter to you, since I called up Mrs. Parker about "The Lone Cowboy."

Mr. Harlow seemed so interested in "The Lone Cowboy" that I began to wonder. After all, there were so many other paintings of mine that I could not understand why he praised that one, as well as another, and was disinterested in all the rest. 

He came up to see me, and I had some paintings ready for his inspection; some of which you never saw, though I have not painted for five years. To my surprise, he talked about mutual friends, and, as he had gone to the warehouse, he had selected a great number of prints which had been made after my exhibition with you. None of these had titles, and he wanted me to write titles while he talked, which, as you know, is an impossibility. At any rate, I began to wonder about the rush, rush.

It had been my aim to get out of this whole potential affiliation, because he just swept his hand over paintings which were prepared for his scrutiny, with a "fine, fine," then went into a fast salesman talk on prints. I gathered right then and there that it was money, money, and while I am the first to want an art dealer to make money, and I always felt terrible that a first show of mine went over and made money for a gallery, whereas the one you held did not. Even so, you never approached me or talked to me in such a way. Well, why go on? You understand art, and never attempted to put me in a category of "drypoint etchings" because they sold by the basketful. That telegram says much, and he went up in the air, but I planned it that way. I wondered about that Rembrandt print.

Now, there are two points I would like to cover in this letter because, as I said, I began to wonder about "The Lone Cowboy" until I was forced to call up Mrs. Parker and ask about it. I feel that she wondered, because I gathered our conversation was cool and business-like, and I feel I must express my apologies, because I was wondering whether Mr. Harlow would go into your gallery, and I thought it advisable [[strikethrough]] to know [[/strikethrough]] that I [[strikethrough]] first [[/strikethrough]] call up.
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Mr. Harlow was so intent upon prices that I began to wonder about this "Lone Cowboy," and then it suddenly occurred to me that Louis Sobol wrote about it in his column, saying it was sold to Jeu de Paume, etc. When I gave you that painting, this Paris museum, through my representative, expressed a desire to have it and pay for it, although they did not have a great deal to pay. It was due to the fine reviews I received in France, and the fine treatment I received in your galleries that I offered

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