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MAY 26, 1964

DEAR MR. POWER:

    I AM SO PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU THAT THE PAINTING, MERCE, BY ANDY WARHOL IS AVAILABLE TO YOU. NORMAN CESKE, THE DIRECTOR OF THE NEBRASKA MUSEUM, WANTED IT DESPERATELY, BUT WAS UNABLE TO SWAY HIS ULTRE CONSERVATIVE COMMITTEE. IN ALL TRUTH, THIS PLEASES ME VERY MUCH, AS I WOULD MUCH RATHER HAVE THIS PARTICULAR WARHOL IN YOUR WONDERFUL COLLECTION THAN LOST HERE IN OUR LARGE HINTERLAND.

IT WAS INDEED GOOD MEETING YOU AND KNOWING YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.

WITH MY BEST WISHES TO YOU BOTH,

SINCERELY YOURS,

ELEANOR WARD

DIRECTOR

P,S, WILL YOU PLEASE ADVISE US AS TO SHIPPING INSTRUCTIONS.

MR. E.J. POWER
FLAT 37
37 GROSVENOR SQUARE
LONDON W1
ENGLAND

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