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really intrigued me not a little - & in whom I saw much on which Renoir pondered & enlarged to so very great an extent - for noone can really compare the "Mme. Boucher" with "la Sage". But still - in Boucher are the elements of one side of Renoir. I sent you a picture of David Weill's possession "Mme Boucher," & in my catalogue I find - very little but color notes- but also I find that all his warm flesh tones seem to have transparent blue underpaint - & vica versa (How like Renoir) as is also the fact of his using a touch of vermilion to keen the whole flesh scale up (Just as in "La Sage") The whole feminine atmosphere - & the delicious feet - yes a lady to fall in love with - & interestingly difficult to keep? I did not however care for Boucher's cupids - O'Murphy (223) was beautiful in color. Boucher's whites have the same glisten as Renoir's - Mme Pompadour very fine - into a greyness floated pale blue lavendar rose & a yellow! I had not expected to like Boucher, or find him worth study.