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RHW:R

June 2nd, 1938

Dear Nicky:

I hope you had a pleasant and safe trip across and are thoroughly enjoying Paris in the spring.

Today these few lines for your information. Len was here for only a few days. He has gone to Cleveland and will be back in New York around the 15th of June.

I have everything ready to get him in touch with Edith Wetmore. However, he preferred to meet her at some later date. I was given to understand that he had discussed this with one of your business associates who meanwhile sailed for Europe and with whom you already have conferred in this matter, so you are au courant.

I also had a chance to show him the Manet, "Portrait of Mme. Martin" and though he esteemed highly the quality of the painting, the subject represented did not please him and he felt he could not live with a woman with a pointed nose and thin lips, so that is out. However, he liked very much the little Géricault and asked for the Degas, "Danseuses Roses", the one, if I am not mistaken, you liked so much.

To come back once more to the Manet, I have given up the idea of shipping the picture to Europe to show it to our friend, Edward Molyneux, as I am afraid that he is not very much on the market at the moment, and furthermore, with the various bisiness combinations in this particular case, the painting would become prohibitive.

Otherwise, you do not miss a thing here. New York is rapidly getting dull. By-the-by, Horst sailed yesterday. I saw Fulco the other day who was in very good form. As to myself, I will be in Paris in all probability early in July, and I would appreciate it if you would leave world at our office, Rue de la Paix, where and how I can get in touch with you. 

In the meantime, I hope "la vie est belle" with you. Many good wishes and kindest personal regards. 

Always sincerely,

(R. H. Waegan)

Baron Nicolas de Gunzbourg
Hotel Ritz - Place Vendome
Paris, France

GS