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abt London [[strikethrough]] SUNDAY, MAY 17, 1936 [[/strikethrough]] 138th Day 5th Sunday after Easter Rogation Sunday 228 Days to come Cont. S.S. Wash drawn. Well he happened to pick out the two about which that was true - but he liked it I know - & when I told him he might only need to distribute it he asked about the business end, & I was too tongue tied [[strikethrough]] at the [[/strikethrough]] to say anything except that I would see my manager about it, & write him a letter! I am hopeless about percentages & costs - & his shrewdness & experience I could see was marvelous - so I shall simply [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]] send him a letter. I have also written Julian Huxley with Kenneth's help & sent my book - but having tried thus far it looks a little as if it wouldn't come off, & yet I have at least put my finger in two pies, & with Lance Coates' & Kenneth's help can work on these frankly. I went one day to the Tate Gallery, which is so full of marvelous things that I didn't see half of it, & can never put my impressions down properly now. Morley & Gainsborough & [[strikethrough]] thousands [[/strikethrough]] lots of the British school of 1700 & 800 are marvelously represented there, & Epstein is a remarkable "modeller" abt London [[strikethrough]] MONDAY, MAY 18, 1936 [[/strikethrough]] 139th Day Rogation Day 227 Days to come Cont. S.S. Wash if nothing else, & Gaudier Brzeska's portrait of the Russian general (who looks like Basil Rathbone) is very exciting - & his other things poor I thought, & even Van Gogh has several paintings -. There are rooms full of Turner, whom I had never seen properly before, & they strike me as most interesting & varied & fiery & imaginative. "A cat having a fit in a bowl of tomatoes" is a good description of some of his things - but I was too tired from looking at the modern things by the time I reached him. Augustus John is the newest acquaintance I've made that was a real experience. His things are so alive & dashing - with perhaps [[strikethrough]] one [[/strikethrough]] a similarity to George Luks or Goya [[strikethrough]] similar [[/strikethrough]] in their vividness & unfinished technique. I should imagine him to be [[strikethrough]] ver [[/strikethrough]] very impatient & very talented - & his colors are very characteristic. His type of painting is the type I would do if I painted, & in fact I almost feel I want to try oils someday soon. It is awful to pass by the Tate Gallery this way - but I can't write more now - I have forgotten
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Henri Gaudier-Brzeska