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CARLEN GALLERIES, Inc.
323 SOUTH 16TH STREET/PHILADELPHIA PA 19102/
KI 5-1723     

Robert Carlen, President

July 24, 1970.

Mr. Vincent B. Murphy, Jr.,
c/o Salomon Bros. & Hutzler,
22nd floor,
#1 New York Plaza,
New York City, N.Y.

Dear Mr. Murphy:

I guarantee that the pencil drawing I sold to you to-day is an original study of Paul B. Dague, Deputy Sheriff of Chester County, Penna. by Horace Pippin, and which study he used in his painting of the oil portrait.

I received this original drawing direct from Horace Pippin.  I was Pippin's dealer from 1940 until his death in 1949.
     
In the same frame with the drawing is an original photograph of Pippin's.

Sincerely yours,
                    
ROBERT CARLEN
                    
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