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SUNDAY

DEAR LEO-

GOOD TO BE HERE & STRANGE AS ALWAYS. SHOW OPENED FRIDAY WITH ENDLESS SPEECHES ALL OF WHICH WERE INAUDIBLE_ PAINTINGS ARE SO VARIED THEY WILL PROBABLY SERVE TO CONFUSE THE JAPANESE. MY PICTURES LOOK GOOD AND SO DO MANY OTHERS. BOB, FRANK, JIM, DE KOONING, ALBERS, AND A GREAT ORANGE NEWMAN. SHOW OPENS TO PUBLIC TODAY, I THINK. AD R., [[strikethrough]] COP [[/strikethrough]] COMPLAINING AS ALWAYS, WAS OFFENDED BY THE HANGING OF HIS WORK (WHICH LOOKS GOOD)/AND BY NOT HAVING BEEN FURNISHED A CAR & GUIDE- QUICKLY LEFT TOWN WITH LOUISE N. FOR KYOTO. NORMAN, UNLIKE MYSELF, STAYS RATHER DRUNK AND JIM'S PAPER SUIT SEEMS TO HAVE DISINTERGRATED.

THE SARABAI'S INVITED ME TO INDIA AND I THINK I'LL [[strikethrough]] GOO [[/strikethrough]] GO LATE NEXT MONTH. I'LL TRY TO GET MY OLD STUDIO HERE FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO MAKE A LITTLE PIECE FOR TAKEGUCHI'S BOOK "FOR" DUCHAMP.

I HOPE EVERYTHING THERE IS O.K. I CAN GET MAIL C/O MINAMI GALLERY. I MAY LEAVE THIS HOTEL SOON.

LOVE 
JAP