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STABLE GALLERY  33 EAST 74TH STREET, New York, 21, N.Y.  RE 7-0100

DECEMBER 15, 1965

AGREEMENT BETWEEN STABLE GALLERY AND GALERIE ALFRED SCHMELA

1. ALFRED SCHMELA WILL PRESENT A ONE MAN EXHIBITION IN THE GALERIE ALFRED SCHMELA IN DUSSELDORF OF THE TEN "NUMBER" PAINTINGS OF ROBERT INDIANA WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME OF THEIR RECEIPT. GALERIE ALFRED SCHMELA WILL PAY THE COSTS OF CRATING, SHIPPING AND INSURANCE OF THESE PAINTINGS FROM THE ARTIST'S STUDIO IN NEW YORK TO DUSSELDORF AND FOR THE RETURN TO NEW YORK OF UNSOLD PAINTINGS BY THE SAME MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION AS THEY WERE DELIVERED. THE UNSOLD PAINTINGS MUST BE INSURED FOR THEIR FULL VALUE DURING THE ENTIRE TIME THEY ARE IN EUROPE. 

2.  ALFRED SCHMELA GUARANTEES THAT, IN ADDITION TO THE ONE MAN EXHIBITION AT THE GALERIE SCHMELA, HE WILL ARRANGE MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS OF THE TEN "NUMBER" PAINTINGS OF ROBERT INDIANA, AND MAY ALSO ARRANGE ADDITIONAL GALLERY EXHIBITIONS OF THESE PAINTINGS IN EUROPE. 

3.  ALFRED SCHMELA AGREES TO PURCHASE TWO OF THE TEN "NUMBER" PAINTINGS OF ROBERT INDIANA, AT THE PRICE OF $2,500.00 EACH, LESS THAN 25% DISCOUNT, AND THAT PAYMENT IN FULL FOR THESE TWO PAINTINGS WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE STABLE GALLERY IMMEDIATELY UPON HIS RETURN TO DUSSELDORF ON JANUARY 7, 1966. ALFRED SCHMELA ALSO GUARANTEES THE SALE OF THREE OTHER OF THE "NUMBER" PAINTINGS OF ROBERT INDIANA BY JUNE 1, 1967, EACH AT $2,500.00 LESS 25% DISCOUNT. GALERIE ALFRED SCHMELA WILL RECEIVE A 25% COMMISSION OF THE SALE PRICE OF THE FIVE REMAINING PAINTINGS WHEN AND IF THEY ARE SOLD DURING THE EXHIBITION IN EUROPE. 

4.  ALFRED SCHMELA MAY KEEP THE TEN "NUMBER" PAINTINGS OF ROBERT INDIANA UNTIL JUNE 1, 1967. UNSOLD PAINTINGS WILL BE RETURNED TO THE ARTIST, ROBERT INDIANA, BY JULY 1, 1967. 

5.  IT IS AGREED THAT THE ARTIST, ROBERT INDIANA, WILL PUT THE TEN "NUMBER" PAINTINGS INTO GOOD ORDER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND THAT THEY WILL LEAVE HIS STUDIO WHEN DRY AND SAFE FOR HANDLING. 

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STABLE GALLERY 

A. SCHMELA 
GALERIE ALFRED SCHMELA