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4.)
And therefor I must say- but I say it
with becoming and due reluctence or caution
lest you feel offended - you are wrong, in Art -
notes (to say no more), in that sense, also.
 I know, that practically, you are right, and Art
notes is very nice, and that you cannot afford to
leave to others experiment and endeavors, or
regular habits of " making a special feature...as
a side issue to the exploitation of (foreign ..."old fogy" .... (other) works " of Modernist American Painters
-to paraphrase p 1236. -.

But, I wanted to write you, what I have said, and it is merely an idea that came to my mind while quite alone in your gallery show rooms yesterday, 11 A.M.

American Art is, to my critical mind, and has been absolutely European. The European critics see nothing here. But the fundamental elements for an American Art are here, of course; the Art will come, of course. The Modernists are no more right than the 'old fogy', they only try a different way, mostly again borrowed in Europe. Not in every case (Hinds '" Art and I, 1920), however.
I do wish you a happy and prosperous 1922.
Sincerely, yours
Oscar Bluemner,
painter.

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