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FRANCISCO OTTA
SANTIAGO DE CHILE
CASILLA 9537
TELEFONO 33140

Santiago, November 17, 1965.

Stable Gallery
33 East 74th St.
New York, N.Y.

Gentlemen,

Since the artist Robert Indiana is represented by you, I have thought you might be able to clarify a doubt I have. In Henry Geldzahler's book about "American Painting in the 20th century", page 136, there is a reproduction of Charles Demuth's "I saw the Figure 5 in Gold", 1928. In a publication on "Contemporary American Painting" by the University of Illinois, page 117, there is another reproduction of a painting called "The Figure 5", 1963 by Robert Indiana. What I want to know is what explanation can you give me for the extreme similarity between these two paintings, which certainly cannot be due to pure coincidence.

Sincerely yours,

Francisco Otta